border collie
noun
often capitalized B
: any of a breed of medium-sized sheepdogs of British origin noted for their herding abilities
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The canines ranged from 12 months old to 10 years old and the most common breeds were malinois, border collies, and Labrador retrievers.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
The trainer and his border collie proved to be a crowd-pleaser all the way from their audition to their finale act.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Traditionally, herding duties are carried out by breeds specifically selected for the job, such as border collies and Australian kelpies.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
These dogs can extend words to new objects based on function the way children do in early language learning
Arya, a six-year-old border collie in Italy, can learn a new toy’s name from just one or two mentions.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
The trainer and his border collie proved to be a crowd-pleaser all the way from their audition to their finale act.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
Traditionally, herding duties are carried out by breeds specifically selected for the job, such as border collies and Australian kelpies.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
These dogs can extend words to new objects based on function the way children do in early language learning
Arya, a six-year-old border collie in Italy, can learn a new toy’s name from just one or two mentions.
—Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for border collie
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“Border collie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/border%20collie. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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