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One of the dogs of Actæon. In Latin it is a common term for a shepherd’s dog, and is so used by Virgil (Eclogue iii. 18). (See Dog.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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