sheep dog
English Thesaurus
1. any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | working dog, |
| definition | : | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | briard, |
| definition | : | old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | kelpie, |
| definition | : | an Australian sheepdog with pointed ears (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | komondor, |
| definition | : | Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bobtail, old english sheepdog, |
| definition | : | large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | collie, |
| definition | : | a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | border collie, |
| definition | : | developed in the area between Scotland and England usually having a black coat with white on the head and tip of tail used for herding both sheep and cattle (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | rottweiler, |
| definition | : | German breed of large vigorous short-haired cattle dogs (noun.animal) |
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