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terrier

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ter·ri·er  (tr-r)
n.
Any of several typically small, active breeds of hunting dog originally developed for driving game from burrows.

[Middle English, from Old French (chien) terrier, ground (dog), terrier, from Medieval Latin terrrius, of the earth, from Latin terra; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]

terrier
Noun
any of several small active breeds of dog, originally trained to hunt animals living underground [Old French chien terrier earth dog]
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Noun1.terrierterrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
hunting dog - a dog used in hunting game
bull terrier, bullterrier - a powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers
Bedlington terrier - a light terrier groomed to resemble a lamb
Border terrier - small rough-coated terrier of British origin
Kerry blue terrier - an Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat
Irish terrier - medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat; developed in Ireland
Norfolk terrier - English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry grizzled coat and dropped ears
Norwich terrier - English breed of small short-legged terrier with a straight wiry red or grey or black-and-tan coat and erect ears
Yorkshire terrier - very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-grey and tan
rat terrier, ratter - any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
fox terrier - small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes
wire-haired terrier, wirehair, wirehaired terrier - a terrier with wiry hair
Airedale, Airedale terrier - breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
cairn terrier, cairn - small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
Australian terrier - small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn
Dandie Dinmont, Dandie Dinmont terrier - a breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears
Boston bull, Boston terrier - small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings
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 dogs
Scotch terrier, Scottie, Scottish terrier - old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
chrysanthemum dog, Tibetan terrier - breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails
silky terrier, Sydney silky - Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat
Skye terrier - Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs; native to the Isle of Skye
soft-coated wheaten terrier - Irish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzle
West Highland white terrier - small white long-coated terrier developed in Scotland
Lhasa apso, Lhasa - a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs
Translations

terrier [ˈtɛrɪəʳ] nterrier m
terrier [ˈtɛrɪəʳ] nterrier m (chien)
terrier [ˈtɛrɪəʳ] nTerrier m
terrier [ˈtɛrɪəʳ] nterrier m inv

terrier
n terrier [ˈteriə]
any of several breeds of small dog a fox-terrier. terriër كَلْب صَيْد صَغير териер teriér terrier; -terrier der Terrier τεριέ (ράτσα σκύλου) terrier terjer تریر terrieri (fox-)terrier שַפלָן, טֶרייֶר एक छोटा शिकारी कुत्ता terijer terrier jenis anjing terríer terrier テリア 테리어 terjeras terjers anjing terrier terri{#225}{#137}{#225}r terrier terier terrier (fox-)terrier терьер teriér terjer terijer terrier สุนัขพันธุ์เทอเรียร์ teriyer 狗的一種 тер'єр ايک قسم کا چھوٹا کتا chó chuyên sục hang bụi


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On a thick green rug stretched in front of the fireplace, a fox terrier lay blinking at the wood fire.
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Within a minute from his entrance on the scene the poodles and the Irish terrier had vanished; the dog of doubtful breed was moving off up the hill, yelping, with the dispatch of one who remembers an important appointment, and Bill, miraculously calmed, was seated in the centre of the Promenade, licking honourable wounds.
 
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