OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

Synonyms:

bobtail; Old English sheepdog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Old English sheepdog" is a kind of...):

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

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