Dalmatian
noun/dælˈmeɪʃn/
/dælˈmeɪʃn/
- a large dog that has short white hair with black spotsTopics Animalsc2Word Originlate 16th cent. referring to a native or inhabitant of Dalmatia: the dog is believed to have originated in Dalmatia in the 18th cent.
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