pariah : Idioms & Phrases


Pariah dog

  • noun ownerless half-wild mongrel dog common around Asian villages especially India
    pye-dog; pie-dog.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a mongrel race of half-wild dogs which act as scavengers in Oriental cities.
Webster 1913

Pariah kite

  • (Zoöl.), a species of kite (Milvus govinda) which acts as a scavenger in India.
Webster 1913