FOX TERRIER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fox 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 "fox terrier"):

smooth-haired fox terrier (a fox terrier with smooth hair)

wire-haired fox terrier (a fox terrier with wiry hair)

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