Dachshund

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  • noun. A dog of a small breed developed in Germany for hunting badgers, having a long body, a brown or black-and-brown coat, drooping ears, and very short legs. Dachshunds are bred in long-haired, smooth-coat, wire-haired, and miniature varieties, sometimes considered separate breeds.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The German badger-dog; a breed of short-legged, long-bodied dogs used to draw or bait badgers.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
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  • noun. small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
    • Word Usage
    "My almost 19 year old dachshund is used to traveling with me and does not need any tranquillizer."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hunting dog  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    sausage dog  sausage hound  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Garfield  Peru  biochip  black-and-gray  black-and-tan  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sausage dog  wiener dog  
    variant
    badger dog  
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