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borzois

borzois is the plural of borzoi.

Meaning of borzoi

Noun

borzoi (plural borzois or borzoi)

  1. A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.
    • Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 171
    Synonyms:
    Russian Hunting Sighthound, Russian Wolfhound, noodle, hose goat, longboye

Questions about borzois

What is borzois the plural of?
Borzois is the plural of borzoi.

Words near borzois in the dictionary

  1. Boryslav
  2. Boryspil
  3. Borysthenes
  4. Borzna
  5. borzoi
  6. borzois
  7. Borås
  8. Borðoy
  9. Borôro
  10. Borăscu
  11. Borůvka's algorithm

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