Dingo
noun
A type of wild dog found mainly in Australia.
The dingo is a threat to livestock in some parts of Australia.
Often appears as...
- wild dingo
- australian dingo
noun
An offensive term used in Australia to describe a person who is seen as untrustworthy or shifty.
You can't trust a word he says, he's a total dingo.
Often appears as...
- untrustworthy dingo
- shifty dingo
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A type of wild dog found mainly in Australia.
The dingo is a threat to livestock in some parts of Australia.
Often appears as...
- wild dingo
- australian dingo
noun
An offensive term used in Australia to describe a person who is seen as untrustworthy or shifty.
You can't trust a word he says, he's a total dingo.
Often appears as...
- untrustworthy dingo
- shifty dingo
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Nature
Dingoes are wild canines, not domestic dogs, and are often seen as a symbol of the Australian wilderness.
Documentaries about Australia often feature the dingo in natural settings.
Pro Tip 2/3Threat to Livestock
Farmers consider dingoes a pest because they can attack livestock like sheep or calves.
Farmers may install fences to protect their animals from dingo predation.
Pro Tip 3/3Protected Status
In some areas, dingoes are protected by law, despite their impact on farming.
The national park has strict rules against harming dingoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Nature
Dingoes are wild canines, not domestic dogs, and are often seen as a symbol of the Australian wilderness.
Documentaries about Australia often feature the dingo in natural settings.
Pro Tip 2/3Threat to Livestock
Farmers consider dingoes a pest because they can attack livestock like sheep or calves.
Farmers may install fences to protect their animals from dingo predation.
Pro Tip 3/3Protected Status
In some areas, dingoes are protected by law, despite their impact on farming.
The national park has strict rules against harming dingoes.
Pro Tip 1/3Wild Nature
Dingoes are wild canines, not domestic dogs, and are often seen as a symbol of the Australian wilderness.
Documentaries about Australia often feature the dingo in natural settings.
Pro Tip 2/3Threat to Livestock
Farmers consider dingoes a pest because they can attack livestock like sheep or calves.
Farmers may install fences to protect their animals from dingo predation.
Pro Tip 3/3Protected Status
In some areas, dingoes are protected by law, despite their impact on farming.
The national park has strict rules against harming dingoes.
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Video examples
Michael Archer: How...
And as you can see, dingoes are very similar in their body form to thylacines. That similarity meant they probably competed. They were eating the same kinds of foods. It's even possible that aborigines were keeping some of these dingoes as pets, and therefore they may have had an advantage in the battle for survival. All we know is, soon after the dingoes were brought in,
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Hopping to Water PIPE Big...
up north ruse attracted by the sight of the clouds and the smell of rain are stopped dead in their tracks on the dry side but the fence does help the Roos in the park to some extent there are far fewer dingoes this side and for now the fence is no problem at all
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Why can't some birds...
Instead, she attacks, sending the dingo running for cover with one swipe of her razor-sharp toe claws. The cassowary is one of approximately 60 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world,
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Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
heard about a herd of elephants - where is that no unbuckles hook not going to help us at all for world elephant day so we're gonna try and see if we can get hit off towards dingo and I'm gonna go up on vultures nests
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Searching for Rwanda's...
They're gonna side of this ravine, and there's one up towards the skyline they're Gonna be tricky So dingo tracking this morning we just found two snares
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Kangaroo vs Dingo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is probably on the lookout for small game
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Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is
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Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is
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Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
australia-wide dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign that dingo
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl
Video examples
Michael Archer: How...
And as you can see, dingoes are very similar in their body form to thylacines. That similarity meant they probably competed. They were eating the same kinds of foods. It's even possible that aborigines were keeping some of these dingoes as pets, and therefore they may have had an advantage in the battle for survival. All we know is, soon after the dingoes were brought in,
Video examples
Hopping to Water PIPE Big...
up north ruse attracted by the sight of the clouds and the smell of rain are stopped dead in their tracks on the dry side but the fence does help the Roos in the park to some extent there are far fewer dingoes this side and for now the fence is no problem at all
Video examples
Why can't some birds...
Instead, she attacks, sending the dingo running for cover with one swipe of her razor-sharp toe claws. The cassowary is one of approximately 60 living species of flightless birds. These earthbound avians live all over the world,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 206 PIPE...
heard about a herd of elephants - where is that no unbuckles hook not going to help us at all for world elephant day so we're gonna try and see if we can get hit off towards dingo and I'm gonna go up on vultures nests
Video examples
Searching for Rwanda's...
They're gonna side of this ravine, and there's one up towards the skyline they're Gonna be tricky So dingo tracking this morning we just found two snares
Video examples
Kangaroo vs Dingo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is probably on the lookout for small game
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign the dingo is
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
australia-wide dog the dingo is on the prowl today it hunts alone a sign that dingo
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
Australia's wild dog the dingo is on the prowl
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Quote examples
Joan Kirner
Australian Politician
Going across the Tannai Desert was one of the spookiest experiences I've ever had. Not driving during the day; that was fine. And so we camped in an old sort of truck siding, I think. And the silence. The eerie silence and then a dingo howling, and it was just so spooky. I didn't sleep all night.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
All the members of the dog family - domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, dingoes - are very aware of territory. A group must control its own territory - you can't have others taking it from you, because then you won't have enough food.
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Bindi Irwin
Australian Actress
My favourite animal would probably be - probably be a dingo. Because I like how in the night you can - at the zoo, you can hear them howl and stuff like that. It's just amazing.
Quote examples
Joan Kirner
Australian Politician
Going across the Tannai Desert was one of the spookiest experiences I've ever had. Not driving during the day; that was fine. And so we camped in an old sort of truck siding, I think. And the silence. The eerie silence and then a dingo howling, and it was just so spooky. I didn't sleep all night.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
American Author
All the members of the dog family - domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, dingoes - are very aware of territory. A group must control its own territory - you can't have others taking it from you, because then you won't have enough food.
Quote examples
Bindi Irwin
Australian Actress
My favourite animal would probably be - probably be a dingo. Because I like how in the night you can - at the zoo, you can hear them howl and stuff like that. It's just amazing.
Example 1 of 3
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