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WIREHAIR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrier with wiry hair

Synonyms:

wire-haired terrier; wirehair; wirehaired terrier

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("wirehair" 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 "wirehair"):

Lakeland terrier (breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting)

Welsh terrier (wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting)

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