English > terrier: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally / originally trained to hunt animals living underground. |
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| Narrower | Airedale, Airedale terrier | Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire |
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| Australian terrier | small greyish wire-haired breed of terrier from Australia similar to the cairn |
| Bedlington terrier | A light terrier groomed to resemble a lamb |
| Border terrier | small rough-coated terrier of British origin |
| Boston bull, Boston terrier | small pug-faced American terrier breed having a smooth brindle or black coat with white markings |
| Dandie Dinmont, Dandie Dinmont terrier | A breed of small terrier with long wiry coat and drooping ears |
| Irish terrier | medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat |
| Kerry blue terrier | An Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat |
| Lhasa, Lhasa apso | A breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet as watchdogs |
| Norfolk terrier | English breed of small terrier with a straight wiry grizzled coat and dropped ears |
| Norwich terrier | English breed of small short-legged terrier with a straight wiry red or grey or black-and-tan coat and erect ears |
| Scotch terrier, Scottish terrier, Scottie | old Scottish breed of small long-haired usually black terrier with erect tail and ears |
| Skye terrier | Scottish breed of terrier with shaggy hair and long low body with short legs |
| Tibetan terrier, chrysanthemum dog | Breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails |
| West Highland white terrier | small white long-coated terrier developed in Scotland |
| Yorkshire terrier | Very small breed having a long glossy coat of bluish-grey and tan |
| bullterrier, bull terrier | A powerful short-haired terrier originated in England by crossing the bulldog with terriers |
| cairn, cairn terrier | small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland |
| fox terrier | small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes |
| rat terrier, ratter | Any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats |
| schnauzer | old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large |
| silky terrier, Sydney silky | Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coat |
| soft-coated wheaten terrier | Irish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzle |
| wirehair, wirehaired terrier, wire-haired terrier | A terrier with wiry hair |
| Broader | hunting dog | A dog used in hunting game |
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| Spanish | terrier |
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| Catalan | terrier |
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