crocotta

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κροκόττας (krokóttas, “crocotta”, first attested in Strabo's Geographica), which may have been borrowed from Sanskrit. === Noun === crocotta (plural crocottas) A mythical dog-wolf of India or Ethiopia, said to be a deadly enemy of men and dogs and able to imitate the voice of any animal or human. ==== Alternative forms ==== corocotta crocuta ==== Synonyms ==== yena ==== Translations ====