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