dog year en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal) A period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in "dog years" is numerically equivalent to the average life expectancy of a human. A 4- and a 5-year-old dog are about as mature as a human of 28 to 30 years and 33 to 35 years, respectively. The most common calculation uses a ratio of seven dog years to one human year.
90 minutes of almost nonstop hilarity is a good entertainment value. Especially if you're counting in dog years.
2004 June 15, Robert Hurwitt, “Giddy spiral down the Amazon.com workers' inferno”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
- A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "dog years" is the equivalent age of a dog in calendar years.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| dog years | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
sv hundår (dog years) · es años de perro (dog years) · es años perrunos (dog years) · ja ドッグイヤー (dog years)