NOUN | animal | guard dog, watchdog | a dog trained to guard property |
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Meaning | A dog trained to guard property. | |
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Synonym | watchdog | |
Narrower | attack dog | A watchdog trained to attack on command |
housedog | A dog trained to guard a house | |
kuvasz | long-established Hungarian breed of tall light-footed but sturdy white dog | |
pinscher | Any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped | |
schipperke | Breed of small stocky black dogs originally / originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium | |
Broader | working dog | Any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
Spanish | perro guardián | |
Catalan | gos guardià |
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