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WIREHAIRED TERRIER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wirehaired terrier mean? 

WIREHAIRED TERRIER (noun)
  The noun WIREHAIRED TERRIER has 1 sense:

1. a terrier with wiry hairplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WIREHAIRED TERRIER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrier with wiry hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

wire-haired terrier; wirehair; wirehaired terrier

Hypernyms ("wirehaired 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 "wirehaired terrier"):

Lakeland terrier (breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting)

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


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