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lead dog

lead dog noun: one of the dogs at the front of the team, who set the pace.

Noun

lead dog (plural lead dogs)

  1. one of the dogs at the front of the team, who set the pace.

Forms of lead dog

plurallead dogs

Questions about lead dog

What does lead dog mean?
Lead dog means one of the dogs at the front of the team, who set the pace.
What part of speech is lead dog?
Lead dog is a noun.
What is the plural of lead dog?
The plural of lead dog is lead dogs.

Words near lead dog in the dictionary

  1. lead climbs
  2. lead colic
  3. lead crystal
  4. lead crystals
  5. lead dioxide
  6. lead dog
  7. lead dogs
  8. lead fiddle
  9. lead fiddles
  10. lead foot
  11. lead from the front

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