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bandog

noun

Definition of bandognext
as in bird dog

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  1. sled dog
  2. puppy dog
  3. wolf dog
  4. hunter
  5. police dog
  6. puppy
  7. pup
  8. wolfhound
Noun
  • This is where the Alaska Railroad train station, sled dog kennels, and the majority of visitor centers are located.
    — Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
  • The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod sled dog race, which takes place annually in Alaska.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
Definition of sled dog
Noun
  • Kenny is super likable but kind of just follows Boyd around like a puppy dog.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Definition of puppy dog
Noun
  • That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
Definition of wolf dog
Noun
  • The incident comes about a year after a teenager died in rural Iowa, after he was shot by a fellow hunter who apparently mistook him for a squirrel.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Hamilton conducts guided fossil hunting tours through his company, Megalodon Adventures, and recommends fossil hunters time their visit to coincide with low tide.
    — Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of hunter
Noun
  • Authorities said a police dog searching for hidden drug compartments collapsed from apparent exposure to fentanyl and had to be revived with Narcan.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Gael didn’t respond to commands, and surveillance footage from the area showed the police dog was hit by a vehicle before running east.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of police dog
Noun
  • The Obama family adopted Sunny as a puppy during his second term in 2013.
    — Gabriella Biello, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Matthew Denton, a sheriff's deputy in Ohio's Medina County, has a new dog with a new name, Trooper, in a nod to highway patrol officer John Kronander who found the gray and white puppy abandoned in a crate without food or water at a rest area.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of puppy
Noun
  • But your pup might get stressed in the bustling, crowded park.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Several other photos depicted Sasha’s dog, a black-and-white pup named Nator.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of pup
Noun
  • The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the book on which the show is based, Winn-Dixie is an Irish wolfhound, so Berloni duly adopted and trained two wolfhounds.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 July 2019
Definition of wolfhound
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“Bandog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bandog. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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