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PEKINESE (pekingese)
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Irregular inflected form: pekingese
Dictionary entry overview: What does Pekinese mean?
• PEKINESE (noun)
The noun PEKINESE has 1 sense:
1. a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle
Familiarity information: PEKINESE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("Pekinese" is a kind of...):
toy; toy dog (any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets)
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