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PRONUNCIATION OF PI-DOG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PI-DOG

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Pi-Dog is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PI-DOG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pi-dog

Pariah dog

In ecology, the term pariah dog may refer to a dog with a pariah lifestyle: a free-ranging dog that occupies the "pariah niche", which is the ecological niche based on waste from human settlements. Ecologists also have spoken of pariah birds and pariah cats. When used in this way, the term would describe a very large percentage of dogs worldwide, especially in developing countries and large parts of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Among dog experts, the term refers to a specific, ancient, and numerous landrace of dog native to south Asia, including Indian Pariah Dog, which has evolved features specialized to the pariah niche. When used in this way, the term applies to such dogs regardless of the lifestyle of any individual. At other times, dog experts use the term "pariah dog" for ancient or primitive dog, regardless of lineage or lifestyle. In addition, the term is used for any dog which exhibits the "long-term pariah morph", the set of characteristics typical of the Indian Pariah dog, regardless of lifestyle or ancestry.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PI-DOG

pi
pi character
pi meson
pia
pia mater
Piacenza
piacevole
piacular
piacularity
Piaf
piaffe
piaffer
Piaget
pial
pian
pianette
pianic
pianino
pianism
pianissimo

WORDS THAT END LIKE PI-DOG

bird-dog
black dog
bulldog
dog
Eskimo dog
French bulldog
gun dog
hot dog
hot-dog
Newfoundland dog
pie-dog
Portuguese water dog
put on the dog
pye-dog
sheepdog
shepherd dog
sick-dog
top dog
underdog
watchdog

Synonyms and antonyms of pi-dog in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pi-dog» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PI-DOG

Find out the translation of pi-dog to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pi-dog from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pi-dog» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

PI狗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pi- perro
570 millions of speakers

English

pi-dog
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गड़बड़ी कुत्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بي كلب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пи- собака
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pi- cão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পী-কুকুর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pi- chien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pi-anjing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pi- Hund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パイドッグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파이 개
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pi-anjing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pi -dog
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பை-நாய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पी-कुत्रा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pi-köpek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pi- dog
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pi- dog
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пі- собака
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pi - dog
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pi -dog
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

PI - hond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pi -dog
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pi- hund
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pi-dog

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PI-DOG»

The term «pi-dog» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PI-DOG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pi-dog

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PI-DOG»

Discover the use of pi-dog in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pi-dog and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pi-Dog Miracle: A Story of Redemption
A Story of Redemption Jonathan Turner. Pi-Dog Miracle Pi-Dog Miracle A Story ofRedemption A Story ofRedemption Pi-dog: Short for pariah-dog. A type of feral or wild dog of the Indian sub-continent. Pariah: Outcast Miracle: An event in which ...
Jonathan Turner, 2014
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The Whistling Hunters: Field Studies of the Asiatic Wild Dog ...
Part of wildlife management must, therefore, focus on the pi-dog problem. Since responsible ownership is negligible, population control measures are indicated. The pi-dogs' impact on wildlife is not generally recognized, and many would ...
Michael W. Fox, 1984
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Alphabetical Order: A Melofarce in Two Acts
Pi: Pi: Dog: Pi: Dog: Epsilon: Very good, sir. (Remembering his manners) Oh, this is Sally Psi, my pin mate. Your pin mate? How quaint. Hello, Ms. Psi. (She curtsies). Where shall Ms. Psi and I sit, sir? (Liberally) Wherever you wish.
R. Dietrich, 2005
4
Sarama and Her Children: The Dog in Indian Myth
Or Gieve Patel's “Pi-dog”. This Pi-dog claims descent on the mother's side from the only bitch to survive thirty foxhounds imported from England by 'by Sir Bartle Frere / in eighteen hundred and sixty—four, / with the crazy idea / of introducing ...
Bibek Debroy, 2008
5
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas: With Special ...
A/S 3sgnf-steal-INFR-REC.P 'The dog stole the fish' (I inferred it) And if one leamt the information from someone else, the reported evidential has to be used: Tuc ano (17) diayi wa'i-re yaha-a-pi' dog fish- TOP.NON.A/ S steal-REC.P-REP.3sgnf  ...
Osamu Hieda, Christa König, Hiroshi Nakagawa, 2011
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Saluki: The Desert Hound and the English Travelers Who ...
Jarvis was about to go on his much-anticipated summer leave to England and had brought Wattie along to Port Said to be left with a friend.* On the morning that Jarvis's ship was sailing, the Scottie got into a fight with a pi-dog on his morning ...
Brian Patrick Duggan, 2009
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Making Dictionaries: Preserving Indigenous Languages of the ...
hab-run pi dog As these sentences illustrate, the SLQZ habitual verb r-zhuu 'nny, which has no pronominal clitic, can be used with any noun subject, whether singular or plural. (Any pronoun subject is indicated with a clitic pronoun, as in ...
William Frawley, Kenneth C. Hill, Pamela Munro, 2002
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Hidden Animals: A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and ...
As Hichens described it for Chambers's Journal in 1927: I heard my pi-dog yelp just once. There was a crashing of branches in the bush, and then thud, thud, thud, of some huge beast making off. But that howl! I have heard half a dozen lions ...
Michael Newton, 2009
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University of Michigan Official Publication
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‎1949
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Actions and Reactions
For 'Eving's sake don't get bit and go mad by any measley pi-dog. But you can look after yourself, old man. Tou don't get drunk an' run about 'ittin' your friends. You takes your bones an' you eats your biscuit, an' you kills your enemy like a ...
Rudyard Kipling, 2007

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PI-DOG»

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Poignant landscape
... but very loving, homage to Arun Kolatkar's pi-dog in the Kala Ghoda poems, one of the most singular canine voices ever, a magnificent and ... «The Hindu, Apr 15»
2
Women, and the art of loitering
His `Pi-dog' muses: This is the time of day I like best, and this the hour when I can call this city my own; when I like nothing better than to lie ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
3
NaMo's 'Kuttay KaBachcha' Is Not A 'Puppy Dog'
... the translation but everything to do with the fact that the meaning in rooted in another culture (Indian) where the dog is the pi-dog in the street, ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 13»
4
The Standing Member From Lahore
Naturally, I am not staying in the Quad with the hoi polloi, but in New Hostel. The zamindars' sons there may look down on new money. But I don't care a pi-dog's ... «Outlook, Oct 12»

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