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NEWFOUNDLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
Synonyms:
Newfoundland; Newfoundland dog
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Newfoundland" is a kind of...):
Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An island in the north Atlantic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Newfoundland" is a part of...):
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
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