Dog (disambiguation)

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A dog is a mammal.

Dog or dogs may also refer to:

Animals

• Species in the family Canidae called "dogs" as a part of their common name:
  • African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, of Africa
  • Bush dog, Speothos venaticus, of South America
  • Indian wild dog, also known as the Dhole, Cuon alpinus, of Asia
  • Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, of Asia
  • Short-eared dog, Atelocynus microtis, of South America
• Dog, a male canine, fox, or wolf as opposed to a bitch, or female dog
• Non-canid, animals, e.g.:
  • Prairie dogs, Cynomys, a genus of North American social ground squirrels

Places

• Dog Crossing, Georgia, an unincorporated community, United States
• Dog Hollow (Illinois), a valley in Illinois, United States
• Dog Island (Florida), a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, United States
• Dog River (disambiguation)
• Isle of Dogs, a peninsula in East London, United Kingdom

People

• "Dog", the nickname of Duane Chapman, star of Dog: the Bounty Hunter
• "Dog", alias of Al Jourgensen, industrial musician
• He Dog (1830–1930), an Oglala Sioux leader
• Mary Crow Dog (1954-2013), a Dakota Sioux author and activist also known as Mary Brave Bird

Fictional entities

• Dog (Half-Life 2), from the video game Half-Life 2
• Dog, in the Nickelodeon TV series CatDog
• Dog, in the 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Dog, from the Emmy Award-winning children's animation show WordWorld
• Delta Omicron Gamma, or DOG, the fictional sorority in the movie Sorority Boys

Engineering

• Dog (engineering), generally, a tool that prevents or imparts movement by offering physical engagement
• Andiron; specifically, engineering dogs used in a fireplace: "dog irons" or "fire dogs"
• Bench dog, a woodworking tool inserted into a workbench to grip material

Food and beverages

• Dog, the nickname for Newcastle Brown Ale, an English brand of dark brown beer
• Corn dog (also spelled corndog), a sausage or hot dog on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried
• Hot dog, a cooked sausage served in a bun

Military

• Deployable Operations Group, or DOG, U.S. Coast Guard command
• Dog soldiers, or Dog Men (Cheyenne: Hotamétaneo'o), one of six Cheyenne military societies

Science

• Hurricane Dog (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in 1950, 1951 and 1952
• Sirius, the Dog Star, brightest star in Canis Major, the big dog constellation
• Sun dog, an atmospheric phenomenon that consists of a bright spot to the left and/or right of the Sun

Other uses

• Dog (zodiac), the Chinese zodiac sign
• Dog, in some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D"
• Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, or DOG, the German Oriental Society
• Difference of Gaussians, or DOG, in mathematics
• Digital on-screen graphic, or DOG

See also

• All pages beginning with Dog
• All pages with a title containing Dog
• Dawg (disambiguation), includes Dawgs
• Dogg (disambiguation)
• Dogz, a game in the Petz series of games
• The Dog (disambiguation), includes The Dogs