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kholsun en · NOUN

Etymology

From Marathi कोळसून (koḷsūn).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) The dhole, an Asian wild dog.
   • The Dhole, or kholsun as it is sometimes called, inhabits the western frontiers of British India, its range extending from Midnapore to Chamar, but does not appear to take up its residence in other parts of the same great country. 1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History...: Mammalia, Volume 1, page 253:

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