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doxhund

doxhund is the alternative form of dachshund.

Meaning of dachshund

Noun

dachshund (plural dachshunds or (obsolete or used by German-speakers) dachshunde)

  1. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
    • Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Forms of doxhund

pluraldoxhunds

Questions about doxhund

What is doxhund the alternative form of?
Doxhund is the alternative form of dachshund.

Words near doxhund in the dictionary

  1. doxers
  2. doxes
  3. Doxey
  4. Doxeys
  5. Doxford Park
  6. doxhund
  7. doxibetasol
  8. doxie
  9. doxies
  10. doxifluridine
  11. doxin

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