virhundo

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

• IPA^(key): /virˈhundo/
• Rhymes: -undo
• Hyphenation: vir‧hun‧do

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

1. male dog, dog (narrow sense: male dog), he-dog

   Synonyms: (neologism) hundiĉo, vira hundo

   Hypernyms: hundo (“dog”), kanisedo (“canid”), kaniso (“any member of the genus Canis”)

   Coordinate term: hundino (“female dog, bitch, she-dog”)

   virhundoj kaj hundinoj ― dogs and bitches