Dachshund

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small dog of a breed developed in Germany for hunting badgers and having a long body, a usually shorthaired brown or black and brown coat, drooping ears, and very short legs.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The German badger-dog; a breed of short-legged, long-bodied dogs used to draw or bait badgers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hunting dog   
    Cross Reference
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    Variant
    badger dog   
    Hyponym
    sausage dog    sausage hound   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wiener dog    sausage dog   
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