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    WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A terrier with wiry hairplay

    Synonyms:

    wire-haired terrier; wirehair; wirehaired terrier

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wire-haired terrier" is a kind of...):

    terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wire-haired terrier"):

    Lakeland terrier (breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting)

    Welsh terrier (wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting)

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