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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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