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shih-poo

shih-poo is the alternative form of shihpoo.

Meaning of shihpoo

Noun

shihpoo (plural shihpoos)

  1. A dog that is a cross between a Shih Tzu and miniature poodle.
    • Now there are dozens of mixes, most of which are a poodle blend. There is the goldendoodle, labradoodle, maltipoo, schnoodle, shihpoo, and the puggle, a mix of a pug and a beagle.2007, Earl Mindell, Elizabeth Renaghan, Dr. Earl Mindell’s Nutrition and Health for Dogs, Basic Health Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 117

Noun (1) capitalized: Shih-Poo

Shih-Poo (plural Shih-Poos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of shih-poo.

Noun (2) capitalized: Shih-poo

Shih-poo (plural Shih-poos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of shih-poo.

Forms of shih-poo

pluralshih-poos
pluralShih-Poos
pluralShih-poos

Origin of shih-poo

Stylized after the capitalized Shih Tzu, shih becomes Shih and therefore Poo follows suit.

Questions about shih-poo

What is shih-poo the alternative form of?
Shih-poo is the alternative form of shihpoo.
What part of speech is shih-poo?
Shih-poo is a noun.
What is the plural of shih-poo?
The plural of shih-poo is shih-poos.

Words near shih-poo in the dictionary

  1. shih tzus
  2. Shih-chia-chuang
  3. Shih-ching
  4. shih-fu
  5. Shih-ho-tzu
  6. shih-poo
  7. shih-poos
  8. Shih-shou
  9. shih-tzu
  10. Shih-tzu-shan
  11. Shih-yen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shih-poo (page history and authors); Shih-Poo (page history and authors); Shih-poo (page history and authors); shihpoo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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