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taco terrier

taco terrier noun: a pint-sized designer hybrid dog created by crossing a Chihuahua with a Toy Fox Terrier.

Noun

taco terrier (plural taco terriers)

  1. (informal) A pint-sized designer hybrid dog created by crossing a Chihuahua with a Toy Fox Terrier.
    • White-faced, she looked down at the hybrid designer dog resting at her feet, his green Santa’s elf costume making a mockery of the fierce dog hidden inside his little Taco-Terrier body. [...] Behind Caroline and her little Taco dog, the news report came...2014, Cat Gardiner, Lucky 13, page 120
    • The neighbors' bipolar taco terrier wasn't even barking.2013 March 21, L.J.K. Oliva, chapter 1, in A World Apart (Shades Below, #1), page 15

Forms of taco terrier

pluraltaco terriers

Origin of taco terrier

From taco + terrier, taco referencing the Chihuahua’s common association with Mexican culture.

Questions about taco terrier

What does taco terrier mean?
Taco terrier means a pint-sized designer hybrid dog created by crossing a Chihuahua with a Toy Fox Terrier.
What part of speech is taco terrier?
Taco terrier is a noun.
What is the plural of taco terrier?
The plural of taco terrier is taco terriers.

Words near taco terrier in the dictionary

  1. TACO out
  2. taco rice
  3. taco salad
  4. taco salads
  5. Taco Smell
  6. taco terrier
  7. TACO trade
  8. TACO trades
  9. TACO Tuesday
  10. TACO Tuesdays
  11. taco vampiro

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