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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 Skyeplay

  Familiarity information: SKYE TERRIER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SKYE TERRIER (noun)


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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