Noun:

ஒருவகைப் பெரிய நாய்,

mastiff's Usage Examples:

Wade:--I have just received a letter from my mother, telling me that the beautiful mastiff puppy you sent me had arrived in Tuscumbia safely.

It tends to go down rather unfavorably with my 11 month old Neapolitan mastiff!compares unfavorably with other European nations - the second lowest turnout among founder members of the EEC.

"The pugdog is a dwarf race, probably of mastiff origin, and kept solely as a pet.

The English mastiff is a huge and powerful dog with pendent ears but short and silky coat.

Of the approximate size of an English mastiff, this powerful baboon is blackish grey in colour with a tinge of green due to the yellow rings on most of the hairs.

Among other dogs of India are the pariah, which is merely a mongrel, run wild and half starved; the poligar dog, an immense creature peculiar to the south; the greyhound, used for coursing; and the mastiff of Tibet and Bhutan.

His crew of cutthroats cringed as he walked the decks with his two black mastiffs at his heels.

(e) Useful companions of man - the mastiff, the Newfoundland, the St Bernard dog, the bulldog, the bull terrier, terriers, sheepdogs, Pomeranian or Spitz, and Dalmatian dogs.

The Tibetan mastiff is equally powerful, but has still larger pendent ears, a shaggy coat and a long brush-like tail.

Synonyms:

working dog, Tibetan mastiff,

Antonyms:

None