BELGIAN SHEPHERD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep

Synonyms:

Belgian sheepdog; Belgian shepherd

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Belgian shepherd" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Belgian shepherd"):

groenendael (black-coated sheepdog with a heavily plumed tail)

malinois (fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog)