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terrier

41 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. terrier (noun)
  2. Airedale terrier (noun)
  3. American pit bull terrier (noun)
  4. American Staffordshire terrier (noun)
  5. Australian terrier (noun)
  6. Bedlington terrier (noun)
  7. Bingley terrier (noun)
  8. border terrier (noun)
  9. Boston terrier (noun)
  10. bull terrier (noun)
  11. cairn terrier (noun)
  12. Clydesdale terrier (noun)
  13. Dandie Dinmont terrier (noun)
  14. fox terrier (noun)
  15. Irish terrier (noun)
  16. Jack Russell terrier (noun)
  17. Kerry blue terrier (noun)
  18. Lakeland terrier (noun)
  19. Manchester terrier (noun)
  20. Norfolk terrier (noun)
  21. Norwich terrier (noun)
  22. pit bull terrier (noun)
  23. Scotch terrier (noun)
  24. Scottish terrier (noun)
  25. Sealyham terrier (noun)
  26. silky terrier (noun)
  27. Skye terrier (noun)
  28. smooth fox terrier (noun)
  29. soft-coated wheaten terrier (noun)
  30. Staffordshire bull terrier (noun)

ter·ri·er

noun \ˈter-ē-ər, ˈte-rē-\

Definition of TERRIER

: any of various usually small energetic dogs originally used by hunters to dig for small game and engage the quarry underground or drive it out
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Origin of TERRIER

Middle English terryer, terrer, from Anglo-French (chen) terrer, literally, earth dog, from terre earth, from Latin terra
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with TERRIER

burier, varier

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