Kukkura [Sk. kurkura, or is it ku -- krura? Cp. kurūra) a dog. usually of a fierce character, a hound A iii.389; v.271; J i.175 sq.; 189; Pv iii.79; Sdhp 90. In similes: S iv.198; M i.364; A iv.377. -- f. kukkurinī Miln 67.

 -- vatika (adj.) imitating a dog, cynic M i.387 (+dukkara kāraka; also as k˚ -- vata, ˚sīla, ˚citta, ˚ākappa); D iii.6, 7; Nett 99 (+govatika; -- sangha a pack of hounds A iii.75.