WATER SPANIEL

Pronunciation (US):

• WATER SPANIEL (noun)
  The noun WATER SPANIEL has 1 sense:

1. any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl

  Familiarity information: WATER SPANIEL used as a noun is very rare.

• WATER SPANIEL (noun)

Meaning:

Any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("water spaniel" is a kind of...):

spaniel (any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "water spaniel"):

American water spaniel (breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat)

Irish water spaniel (breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail)