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SLED DOG

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dog trained to draw a sled usually in a team

Synonyms:

sled dog; sledge dog

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sled dog" is a kind of...):

working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sled dog"):

Alaskan malamute; malamute; malemute (breed of sled dog developed in Alaska)

Siberian husky (breed of sled dog developed in northeastern Siberia; they resemble the larger Alaskan malamutes)

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