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nounany of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled earstype of:
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- springer a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
- papillon small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-spotted brown to white coat
- springer spaniel a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
- field spaniel large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel
- toy spaniel a very small spaniel
- irish water spaniel breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
- clumber spaniel a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair
- welsh springer spaniel a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English springer spaniel
- american water spaniel breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat
- king charles spaniel a toy English spaniel with a black-and-tan coat; named after Charles II who popularized it