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

Used in the names of non-canid, animals:

• Prairie dogs, Cynomys, a genus of North American social ground squirrels

Engineering

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

People

Nickname

• "Dog", nickname of Duane Chapman, star of Dog: the Bounty Hunter
• When spelled with doubled final consonant:
  • Nate Dogg (1969–2011), American rapper and R&B artist
  • Snoop Dogg (born 1971), American rapper
  • Swamp Dogg (born 1942), American soul artist

Surname

• He Dog (1830–1930), Oglala Sioux leader
• Mary Crow Dog (born 1953), also known as Mary Brave Bird, Dakota Sioux author and activist

Places

• Dog Hollow, a valley in Illinois
• Dog Island (Florida), a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico
• Dog River (disambiguation)
• Isle of Dogs, a peninsula in East London
• Sirius, the Dog Star, brightest star in Canis Major, the big dog constellation

Music

Bands

• Dogs (British band), punk music
• Dogs (French band), rock music

Albums

• Dog (album), a 2010 album by Sow
• Dogs (Beware of Safety album), 2009
• Dogs (Nina Nastasia album), 2000
• Dogs, a 2011 album by The Parlor Mob

Songs

• “Dogs” (Damien Rice song), 2007
• “Dogs” (Pink Floyd song), 1977
• “Dogs” (The Who song), 1968
• “Dogs”, a song by British heavy metal band Motörhead from Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
• "Dogs", a song by Sun Kil Moon from Benji (2014)
• “Dog”, a song by Sly and the Family Stone from their 1967 debut A Whole New Thing

Characters

• D0g, a character from the video game Half-Life 2
• Dog, a character in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Dog, a character from the Emmy Award-winning children's animation show, WordWorld
• Dog, from the Nickelodeon series, CatDog

Games

• Dog, a non-standard hand in the card game poker

Acronyms

• Delta Omicron Gamma, the sorority in the movie Sorority Boys
• Deployable Operations Group, U.S. Coast Guard command
• Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, the German Oriental Society
• Difference of Gaussians, in mathematics
• Digital on-screen graphic

Other uses

• Dog (zodiac), the Chinese zodiac sign
• Dog (film), the 2001 animated short film by Suzie Templeton
• Dogs (manga), by Shirow Miwa, subtitled "Bullets & Carnage"
• Hot dog, a small sausage popular in the United States
• Hurricane Dog (disambiguation), three tropical cyclones in 1950, 1951 and 1952
• Lazy Dog (bomb), a non-explosive, air dropped weapon
• As a nickname, Newcastle Brown Ale, an English brand of dark brown beer
• In some British spelling alphabets, the letter "D"
• White Dog Fell from the Sky, a 2013 novel by Eleanor Morse
• Dog (fad dance)

See also

• All pages beginning with "Dog"
• All pages with titles containing Dog
• Dogz, a game in the Petz series of games
• The Dog (disambiguation), includes The Dogs
• Dawg (disambiguation), includes Dawgs
• Sleeping Dogs (disambiguation)
• Wild dog (disambiguation)