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WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER

Pronunciation (US):

• WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER (noun)
The noun WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER has 1 sense:

1. a terrier with wiry hair

Familiarity information: WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER used as a noun is very rare.

• WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A terrier with wiry hair

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

wire-haired terrier; wirehair; wirehaired terrier

Hypernyms ("wire-haired 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 "wire-haired 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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