kholsun

English

Etymology

From Marathi कोळसून (koḷsūn).

Noun

kholsun

1. (obsolete) The dhole, an Asian wild dog.
   • 1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History...: Mammalia, Volume 1, page 253:

     The Dhole, or kholsun as it is sometimes called, inhabits the western frontiers of British India, its range extending from Midnapore to Chamar, but does not appear to take up its residence in other parts of the same great country.