dingo

Everyday

A dingo is a wild dog of Australia, usually sandy-yellow, which hunts alone or in packs. tree →

In the lessons

In Australian science and geography lessons, dingoes are a top predator; the long Dingo Fence was built to keep them away from sheep. They howl rather than bark. Campers are warned not to feed dingoes (e.g. on K'gari/Fraser Island).

Examples

• A dingo howled in the outback. tree →
• Don't feed the dingoes — it's dangerous. tree →
• Dingoes hunt kangaroos and rabbits. tree →
• The dingo fence is one of the longest fences in the world. tree →
• A dingo looks like a sandy dog. tree →
• We saw dingo tracks in the sand. tree →

Note

Plural: dingoes (or dingos). Not a pet dog; it is wild.