dhole

1. 1.

   fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs

   SynonymsCuon alpinus

   Broaderwild dog

   Part ofCuon

Other forms of dhole

plural

dholes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dhole

What does dhole mean?

dhole means "fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs".

How many syllables are in dhole?

dhole has 1 syllable: dhole. In IPA it is /ˈdoʊl/.

What is another word for dhole?

Close synonyms include Cuon alpinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dhole a common word?

dhole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dhole?

1 word rhymes with dhole. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.