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WATER SPANIEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl
Classified under:
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)
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