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din⋅go

  [ding-goh]
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–noun, plural -goes.
1. a wolflike, wild dog, Canis familiaris dingo, of Australia, having a reddish- or yellowish-brown coat.
2. Australian. a cowardly or treacherous person.
Origin:
1789; < Dharuk din-gu tame dingo
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din·go   (dĭng'gō)   
n.   pl. din·goes
A wild dog (Canis dingo) of Australia, having a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown coat.

[Dharuk diŋgu.]
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dingo 
1789, Native Australian name, from Dharruk (language formerly spoken in the area of Sydney) /din-go/ "tame dog," though the English used it to describe wild Australian dogs. Bushmen continue to call the animal by the Dharruk term /warrigal/ "wild dog."
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