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GREAT PYRENEES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Pyrenees mean?
• GREAT PYRENEES (noun)
The noun GREAT PYRENEES has 1 sense:
1. bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland
Familiarity information: GREAT PYRENEES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Great Pyrenees" is a kind of...):
Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)
Context examples
The Great Pyrenees is a very large animal with a solid muscular body.
(Great Pyrenees, NCI Thesaurus)
The Anatolian Shepherd Dog is a large dog similar to the Great Pyrenees and the Kuvasz, but more slender.
(Anatolian Shepherd Dog, NCI Thesaurus)
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