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Eskimo dog   /ˈɛskəmˌoʊ dɔg/   Listen
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Eskimo  n.  (pl. eskimos)  (Written also Esquimau)  (Ethnol.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Arctic America and Greenland. In many respects the Eskimos resemble the Mongolian race.
Eskimo dog (Zoöl.), one of a breed of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed. Eskimo dog






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"Eskimo dog" Quotes from Famous Books



... articles of clothing. Having done this, they retired, like wary anglers, to watch for a bite. But the fish would not rise, though they observed the proceedings with profound attention from the distant hummock. After waiting a couple of hours, the navigators removed the table and left an Eskimo dog in its place, with a string of blue beads tied round its neck. ...
— The Giant of the North - Pokings Round the Pole • R.M. Ballantyne

... their hind legs on chairs one could see every specie of dog from the Eskimo dog of the North to the tiny hairless dog of the tropics. There were big dogs, little dogs, middle-sized dogs, and cats of all sizes, colors and breeds. The snow-white Angora was there as well as the mangy alley cat. But all were on an equal at these meetings and there ...
— Billy Whiskers' Adventures • Frances Trego Montgomery



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