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spacedog

spacedog noun: a dog who travels in outer space.

Noun

spacedog (plural spacedogs)

  1. A dog who travels in outer space.
    • 'Love me, love my dog,' Dr Hunter said. 'A woman's best friend.' Timmy, Snowy, Jumble, Lassie, Greyfriars Bobby. Everyone's best friend. Except for poor Laika, the spacedog, who was no one's friend.2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?, Toronto, O.N.: Anchor Canada, published 2009, page 48
  2. A person experienced in space travel.
    • But Station Yorick's customers liked that first interview. The grizzled old spacedog, pipe in mouth, glass in hand, spinning a yarn.... […]1980 April, A[rthur] Bertram Chandler, Asimov's Science Fiction, New York, N.Y.: Davis Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 97
    Synonyms:
    spacehound

Synonyms of spacedog

Forms of spacedog

pluralspacedogs
alternative formspace dog

Origin of spacedog

Compound of space + dog.

Questions about spacedog

What does spacedog mean?
Spacedog means a dog who travels in outer space.
What part of speech is spacedog?
Spacedog is a noun.
What is the plural of spacedog?
The plural of spacedog is spacedogs.

Words near spacedog in the dictionary

  1. spacedived
  2. spacedives
  3. spacediving
  4. spacedock
  5. spacedocks
  6. spacedog
  7. spacedogs
  8. spacedrive
  9. spacedrives
  10. spacefarer
  11. spacefarers

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