schnau·zer
(shnou′zər)n.
A dog of any of three breeds of various sizes, the miniature schnauzer, standard schnauzer, and giant schnauzer, having a blunt muzzle with a bristly beard and a wiry salt-and-pepper or black coat.
[German, from Schnauze, snout, alteration of Middle Low German snūte.]
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schnauzer
(ˈʃnaʊtsə)n
(Breeds) a wire-haired breed of dog of the terrier type, originally from Germany, having a greyish coat and distinctive beard, moustache, and eyebrows
[C19: from German Schnauze snout]
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schnau•zer
(ˈʃnaʊ zər, ˈʃnaʊt sər)n.
any of three German breeds of dogs having a tight, wiry, usu. pepper-and-salt or black coat and a rectangular head with bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers: the breeds (miniature, standard, and giant) differ chiefly in size.
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| Noun | 1. |  schnauzer - old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogsterrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground miniature schnauzer - a small schnauzer giant schnauzer - a large schnauzer standard schnauzer - a medium-sized schnauzer |
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