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IRISH WATER SPANIEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Irish water spaniel mean? 

IRISH WATER SPANIEL (noun)
  The noun IRISH WATER SPANIEL has 1 sense:

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 tailplay

  Familiarity information: IRISH WATER SPANIEL used as a noun is very rare.


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IRISH WATER SPANIEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Irish water spaniel" is a kind of...):

water spaniel (any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl)


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