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SEALYHAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sealyham mean? 

SEALYHAM (noun)
  The noun SEALYHAM has 2 senses:

1. a village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bredplay

2. a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyhamplay

  Familiarity information: SEALYHAM used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEALYHAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A village in southwestern Wales where the Sealyham terrier was first bred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

Holonyms ("Sealyham" is a part of...):

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Sealyham; Sealyham terrier

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

Welsh terrier (wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting)

Domain region:

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)


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