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nounany of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living undergroundtype of:
Definition that contains terrier
- scottie old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears
- lhasa a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs
- ratter any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
- cairn small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland
- schnauzer old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs
- wirehair a terrier with wiry hair
- affenpinscher European breed of small dog resembling a terrier with dark wiry hair and a tufted muzzle
- airedale breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
- airedale terrier breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
- black-and-tan terrier a breed of short-haired rat terrier with a black-and-tan coat that was developed in Manchester, England