SHEEP DOG
Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep dog mean?
• SHEEP DOG (noun)
The noun SHEEP DOG has 1 sense:
1. any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
Familiarity information: SHEEP DOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHEEP DOG (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog
Hypernyms ("sheep dog" is a kind of...):
working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheep dog"):
Belgian sheepdog; Belgian shepherd (hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep)
Rottweiler (German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs)
Bouvier des Flandres; Bouviers des Flandres (rough-coated breed used originally in Belgium for herding and guarding cattle)
Border collie (developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle)
collie (a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland)
Shetland; Shetland sheep dog; Shetland sheepdog (a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands)
bobtail; Old English sheepdog (large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain)
komondor (Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog)
kelpie (an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears)
briard (old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat)
alsatian; German police dog; German shepherd; German shepherd dog (breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind)
