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SENNENHUNDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of four Swiss breeds

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sennenhunde" is a kind of...):

working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sennenhunde"):

Greater Swiss Mountain dog (the largest of the four Swiss breeds)

Bernese mountain dog (large powerful long-haired black-coated Swiss dog with deep tan or russet markings on legs and white blaze and feet and chest marking; formerly used for draft)

Appenzeller (a smaller of the four Swiss breeds)

EntleBucher (the smallest of the Sennenhunde)

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