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SKYE TERRIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Skye terrier mean?
• SKYE TERRIER (noun)
The noun SKYE TERRIER has 1 sense:
1. Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs; native to the Isle of Skye
Familiarity information: SKYE TERRIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs; native to the Isle of Skye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Skye terrier" is a kind of...):
terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Skye terrier"):
Clydesdale terrier (selectively bred small Skye terrier with erect ears and a long silky coat)
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