virhundo

Esperanto

Etymology

viro (“man”) +‎ hundo (“dog”) (literally: "man-dog")

Noun

virhundo (accusative singular virhundon, plural virhundoj, accusative plural virhundojn)

1. male dog, dog (narrow sense: male dog; e.g., dogs and bitches - virhundoj kaj hundinoj), he-dog

Synonyms

• hundiĉo (neologism)
• vira hundo

Hypernyms

• hundo (“dog”)
• kanisedo (“canid”)
• kaniso (“any member of the genus Canis”)

Coordinate terms

• hundino (“female dog, bitch, she-dog”)