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Rhode′sian ridge′back,
- Dog and Cat Breedsone of a South African breed of medium-sized muscular hunting dogs having a short, glossy, red or tan coat, with a characteristic ridge of hair along the spine consisting of parallel crowns of hair growing in the opposite direction of the rest of the coat, originally developed for hunting lions but now used primarily as a guard dog. Also called African lion hound.
- 1935–40
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