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spaniel
(msasasci) | Spaniel
- Spanish |
spaniel
(encz) | spaniel,kokršpaněl n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spaniel
(gcide) | Spaniel \Span"iel\, n. [OF. espagneul, F. ['e]pagneul, espagnol
Spanish, Sp. espa[~n]nol, fr. Espa[~n]a Spain, from L.
Hispania.]
1. (Zool.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick
hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually
strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under
Clumber, and Cocker.
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Note: There are several varieties of spaniels, some of which,
known as field spaniels, are used in hunting; others
are used for toy or pet dogs, as the Blenheim spaniel,
and the King Charles spaniel (see under Blenheim). Of
the field spaniels, the larger kinds are called
springers, and to these belong the Sussex, Norfolk, and
Clumber spaniels (see Clumber). The smaller field
spaniels, used in hunting woodcock, are called cocker
spaniels (see Cocker). Field spaniels are remarkable
for their activity and intelligence.
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As a spaniel she will on him leap. --Chaucer.
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2. A cringing, fawning person. --Shak.
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Spaniel
(gcide) | Spaniel \Span"iel\, a.
Cringing; fawning. --Shak.
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Spaniel
(gcide) | Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. i.
To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] --Churchill.
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Spaniel
(gcide) | Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. t.
To follow like a spaniel. [R.]
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spaniel
(gcide) | Dog \Dog\ (d[add]g or d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog
mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the
domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the
inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and
attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred
varieties, as the akita, beagle, bloodhound,
bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog,
foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer,
poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz,
terrier, German shepherd, pit bull, Chihuahua,
etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially
domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the
dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)
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2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
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What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he
should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings
viii. 13 (Rev.
Ver. )
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3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly
dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]
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4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and
Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis
Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
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5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an
andiron.
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6. (Mech.)
(a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening
into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of
raising or moving them.
(b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on
the carriage of a sawmill.
(c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;
especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an
adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine
tool.
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7. an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman. [slang]
[PJC]
8. a hot dog. [slang]
[PJC]
Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in
the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.
It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,
a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --
also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,
dog Latin.
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A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.
A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents
others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them
but is none to him.
Dog ape (Zool.), a male ape.
Dog cabbage, or Dog's cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb,
native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum
Cynocrambe}).
Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap.
Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]
Dog flea (Zool.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which
infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In
America it is the common flea. See Flea, and
Aphaniptera.
Dog grass (Bot.), a grass (Triticum caninum) of the same
genus as wheat.
Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.
Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Peltigera canina)
growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed
expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous
veins beneath.
Dog louse (Zool.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.
H[ae]matopinus piliferus; another species is
Trichodectes latus.
Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog
traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for
churning.
Dog salmon (Zool.), a salmon of northwest America and
northern Asia; -- the gorbuscha; -- called also holia,
and hone.
Dog shark. (Zool.) See Dogfish.
Dog's meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.
Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary.
Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass.
Dog whelk (Zool.), any species of univalve shells of the
family Nassid[ae], esp. the Nassa reticulata of
England.
To give to the dogs, or To throw to the dogs, to throw
away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of
it." --Shak.
To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
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spaniel
(wn) | spaniel
n 1: any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs
with a long silky coat and long frilled ears |
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spaniel
(msasasci) | Spaniel
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spanielcina
(msasasci) | spanielcina
- Spanish |
spanielsko
(msasasci) | Spanielsko
- ES, ESP, Spain |
spanielsky
(msasasci) | spanielsky
- Spanish |
clumber spaniel
(encz) | clumber spaniel, n: |
cocker spaniel
(encz) | cocker spaniel,kokršpaněl Zdeněk Brož |
field spaniel
(encz) | field spaniel, n: |
spaniel
(encz) | spaniel,kokršpaněl n: Zdeněk Brož |
springer spaniel
(encz) | springer spaniel, n: |
toy spaniel
(encz) | toy spaniel, n: |
water spaniel
(encz) | water spaniel, n: |
Blenheim spaniel
(gcide) | Blenheim spaniel \Blen"heim span"iel\ [So called from Blenheim
House, the seat of the duke of Marlborough, in England.]
A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet.
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Cocker spaniel
(gcide) | Cocker spaniel \Cock"er span"iel\
One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for
hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They
usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have
the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long
and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat
fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred,
as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc.
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Field spaniel
(gcide) | field \field\ (f[=e]ld), n. [OE. feld, fild, AS. feld; akin to
D. veld, G. feld, Sw. f[aum]lt, Dan. felt, Icel. fold field
of grass, AS. folde earth, land, ground, OS. folda.]
1. Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture;
cultivated ground; the open country.
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2. A piece of land of considerable size; esp., a piece
inclosed for tillage or pasture.
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Fields which promise corn and wine. --Byron.
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3. A place where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself.
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In this glorious and well-foughten field. --Shak.
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What though the field be lost? --Milton.
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4. An open space; an extent; an expanse. Esp.:
(a) Any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn
or projected.
(b) The space covered by an optical instrument at one
view; as, wide-field binoculars.
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Without covering, save yon field of stars.
--Shak.
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Ask of yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
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5. (Her.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much
of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon
it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented
as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver).
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6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity for action,
operation, or achievement; province; room.
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Afforded a clear field for moral experiments.
--Macaulay.
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7. (Sports) An open, usually flat, piece of land on which a
sports contest is played; a playing field; as, a football
field; a baseball field.
Syn: playing field, athletic field, playing area.
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8. Specifically: (Baseball) That part of the grounds reserved
for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called
also outfield.
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9. A geographic region (land or sea) which has some notable
feature, activity or valuable resource; as, the diamond
fields of South Africa; an oil field; a gold field; an ice
field.
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10. A facility having an airstrip where airplanes can take
off and land; an airfield.
Syn: airfield, landing field, flying field, aerodrome.
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11. A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor
contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the
betting.
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12. A branch of knowledge or sphere of activity; especially,
a learned or professional discipline; as, she's an expert
in the field of geology; in what field did she get her
doctorate?; they are the top company in the field of
entertainment.
Syn: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field
of study, study, branch of knowledge.
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Note: Within the master text files of this electronic
dictionary, where a word is used in a specific sense in
some specialized field of knowledge, that field is
indicated by the tags: () preceding that sense of the
word.
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13. A location, usually outdoors, away from a studio or
office or library or laboratory, where practical work is
done or data is collected; as, anthropologists do much of
their work in the field; the paleontologist is in the
field collecting specimens. Usually used in the phrase
in the field.
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14. (Physics) The influence of a physical object, such as an
electrically charged body, which is capable of exerting
force on objects at a distance; also, the region of space
over which such an influence is effective; as, the
earth's gravitational field; an electrical field; a
magnetic field; a force field.
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15. (Math.) A set of elements within which operations can be
defined analagous to the operations of addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division on the real
numbers; within such a set of elements addition and
multiplication are commutative and associative and
multiplication is distributive over addition and there
are two elements 0 and 1; a commutative division ring;
as, the set of all rational numbers is a field.
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Note: Field is often used adjectively in the sense of
belonging to, or used in, the fields; especially with
reference to the operations and equipments of an army
during a campaign away from permanent camps and
fortifications. In most cases such use of the word is
sufficiently clear; as, field battery; field
fortification; field gun; field hospital, etc. A field
geologist, naturalist, etc., is one who makes
investigations or collections out of doors. A survey
uses a field book for recording field notes, i.e.,
measurment, observations, etc., made in field work
(outdoor operations). A farmer or planter employs field
hands, and may use a field roller or a field derrick.
Field sports are hunting, fishing, athletic games, etc.
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Coal field (Geol.) See under Coal.
Field artillery, light ordnance mounted on wheels, for the
use of a marching army.
Field basil (Bot.), a plant of the Mint family ({Calamintha
Acinos}); -- called also basil thyme.
Field colors (Mil.), small flags for marking out the
positions for squadrons and battalions; camp colors.
Field cricket (Zool.), a large European cricket ({Gryllus
campestric}), remarkable for its loud notes.
Field day.
(a) A day in the fields.
(b) (Mil.) A day when troops are taken into the field for
instruction in evolutions. --Farrow.
(c) A day of unusual exertion or display; a gala day.
Field driver, in New England, an officer charged with the
driving of stray cattle to the pound.
Field duck (Zool.), the little bustard (Otis tetrax),
found in Southern Europe.
Field glass. (Optics)
(a) A binocular telescope of compact form; a lorgnette; a
race glass.
(b) A small achromatic telescope, from 20 to 24 inches
long, and having 3 to 6 draws.
(c) See Field lens.
Field lark. (Zool.)
(a) The skylark.
(b) The tree pipit.
Field lens (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the
eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound
microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called
also field glass.
Field madder (Bot.), a plant (Sherardia arvensis) used in
dyeing.
Field marshal (Mil.), the highest military rank conferred
in the British and other European armies.
Field officer (Mil.), an officer above the rank of captain
and below that of general.
Field officer's court (U.S.Army), a court-martial
consisting of one field officer empowered to try all
cases, in time of war, subject to jurisdiction of garrison
and regimental courts. --Farrow.
Field plover (Zool.), the black-bellied plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}); also sometimes applied to the Bartramian
sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda).
Field spaniel (Zool.), a small spaniel used in hunting
small game.
Field sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) A small American sparrow (Spizella pusilla).
(b) The hedge sparrow. [Eng.]
Field staff (Mil.), a staff formerly used by gunners to
hold a lighted match for discharging a gun.
Field vole (Zool.), the European meadow mouse.
Field of ice, a large body of floating ice; a pack.
Field, or Field of view, in a telescope or microscope,
the entire space within which objects are seen.
Field magnet. see under Magnet.
Magnetic field. See Magnetic.
To back the field, or To bet on the field. See under
Back, v. t. -- To keep the field.
(a) (Mil.) To continue a campaign.
(b) To maintain one's ground against all comers.
To lay against the field or To back against the field, to
bet on (a horse, etc.) against all comers.
To take the field (Mil.), to enter upon a campaign.
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King Charles spaniel
(gcide) | King Charles spaniel \King Charles span"iel\n. (Zool.)
A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high,
dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and
long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.
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Norfolk spaniel
(gcide) | Norfolk spaniel \Norfolk spaniel\
One of a breed of field spaniels similar to the clumbers, but
shorter in body and of a liver-and-white or black-and-white
color.
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spaniel
(gcide) | Spaniel \Span"iel\, n. [OF. espagneul, F. ['e]pagneul, espagnol
Spanish, Sp. espa[~n]nol, fr. Espa[~n]a Spain, from L.
Hispania.]
1. (Zool.) One of a breed of small dogs having long and thick
hair and large drooping ears. The legs are usually
strongly feathered, and the tail bushy. See Illust. under
Clumber, and Cocker.
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Note: There are several varieties of spaniels, some of which,
known as field spaniels, are used in hunting; others
are used for toy or pet dogs, as the Blenheim spaniel,
and the King Charles spaniel (see under Blenheim). Of
the field spaniels, the larger kinds are called
springers, and to these belong the Sussex, Norfolk, and
Clumber spaniels (see Clumber). The smaller field
spaniels, used in hunting woodcock, are called cocker
spaniels (see Cocker). Field spaniels are remarkable
for their activity and intelligence.
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As a spaniel she will on him leap. --Chaucer.
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2. A cringing, fawning person. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Spaniel \Span"iel\, a.
Cringing; fawning. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. i.
To fawn; to cringe; to be obsequious. [R.] --Churchill.
[1913 Webster]Spaniel \Span"iel\, v. t.
To follow like a spaniel. [R.]
[1913 Webster]Dog \Dog\ (d[add]g or d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog
mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.]
1. (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the
domestic dog (Canis familiaris).
Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the
inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and
attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred
varieties, as the akita, beagle, bloodhound,
bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog,
foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer,
poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz,
terrier, German shepherd, pit bull, Chihuahua,
etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially
domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the
dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.)
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2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.
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What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he
should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings
viii. 13 (Rev.
Ver. )
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3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly
dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.]
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4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and
Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis
Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).
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5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an
andiron.
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6. (Mech.)
(a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening
into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of
raising or moving them.
(b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on
the carriage of a sawmill.
(c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch;
especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an
adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine
tool.
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7. an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman. [slang]
[PJC]
8. a hot dog. [slang]
[PJC]
Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in
the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog.
It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox,
a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; --
also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as,
dog Latin.
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A dead dog, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14.
A dog in the manger, an ugly-natured person who prevents
others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them
but is none to him.
Dog ape (Zool.), a male ape.
Dog cabbage, or Dog's cabbage (Bot.), a succulent herb,
native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum
Cynocrambe}).
Dog cheap, very cheap. See under Cheap.
Dog ear (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.]
Dog flea (Zool.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which
infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In
America it is the common flea. See Flea, and
Aphaniptera.
Dog grass (Bot.), a grass (Triticum caninum) of the same
genus as wheat.
Dog Latin, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy.
Dog lichen (Bot.), a kind of lichen (Peltigera canina)
growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed
expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous
veins beneath.
Dog louse (Zool.), a louse that infests the dog, esp.
H[ae]matopinus piliferus; another species is
Trichodectes latus.
Dog power, a machine operated by the weight of a dog
traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for
churning.
Dog salmon (Zool.), a salmon of northwest America and
northern Asia; -- the gorbuscha; -- called also holia,
and hone.
Dog shark. (Zool.) See Dogfish.
Dog's meat, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal.
Dog Star. See in the Vocabulary.
Dog wheat (Bot.), Dog grass.
Dog whelk (Zool.), any species of univalve shells of the
family Nassid[ae], esp. the Nassa reticulata of
England.
To give to the dogs, or To throw to the dogs, to throw
away as useless. "Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of
it." --Shak.
To go to the dogs, to go to ruin; to be ruined.
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Water spaniel
(gcide) | Water spaniel \Wa"ter span"iel\
A curly-haired breed of spaniels, naturally very fond of the
water.
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american water spaniel
(wn) | American water spaniel
n 1: breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America
having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat |
blenheim spaniel
(wn) | Blenheim spaniel
n 1: red-and-white variety of English toy spaniel |
brittany spaniel
(wn) | Brittany spaniel
n 1: tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a
usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat |
clumber spaniel
(wn) | clumber spaniel
n 1: a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair [syn: clumber,
clumber spaniel] |
cocker spaniel
(wn) | cocker spaniel
n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in
England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel,
cocker] |
english cocker spaniel
(wn) | English cocker spaniel
n 1: a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in
England [syn: cocker spaniel, English cocker spaniel,
cocker] |
english springer spaniel
(wn) | English springer spaniel
n 1: a breed having typically a black-and-white coat [syn:
English springer, English springer spaniel] |
english toy spaniel
(wn) | English toy spaniel
n 1: British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head
with a short upturned muzzle |
field spaniel
(wn) | field spaniel
n 1: large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a
dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and
Sussex spaniel |
irish water spaniel
(wn) | Irish water spaniel
n 1: breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy
coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and
a nearly hairless tail |
japanese spaniel
(wn) | Japanese spaniel
n 1: breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky
black-and-white or red-and-white coat |
king charles spaniel
(wn) | King Charles spaniel
n 1: a toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat; named
after Charles II who popularized it |
spaniel
(wn) | spaniel
n 1: any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs
with a long silky coat and long frilled ears |
springer spaniel
(wn) | springer spaniel
n 1: a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver
and white [syn: springer spaniel, springer] |
sussex spaniel
(wn) | Sussex spaniel
n 1: an English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored
coat |
toy spaniel
(wn) | toy spaniel
n 1: a very small spaniel |
water spaniel
(wn) | water spaniel
n 1: any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting
waterfowl |
welsh springer spaniel
(wn) | Welsh springer spaniel
n 1: a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English
springer spaniel |
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