COLLIE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collie mean? 

• COLLIE (noun)
  The noun COLLIE has 1 sense:

1. a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland

  Familiarity information: COLLIE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("collie" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)

 Context examples 

Collie, clasped in the arms of one of the women, watched him jealously and with a snarl warned him that all was not well.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Collie snarled warningly at him, and he was careful to keep his distance.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Collie's teeth were no longer sharp.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Collie had been taken in charge by one of the woman-gods, who held arms around her neck and petted and caressed her; but Collie was very much perplexed and worried, whining and restless, outraged by the permitted presence of this wolf and confident that the gods were making a mistake.

(White Fang, by Jack London)