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water dogs

water dogs is the plural of water dog.

Meaning of water dog

Noun

water dog (plural water dogs)

  1. A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
    Synonyms:
    water spaniel
  2. Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).
    • Jim Bowes, in fact, looked like what he was — a rough old water-dog, who had grown gray and shaggy amidst the winds and waves, without ever troubling himself about the other shore that bounds the sea of life.1860, Chambers's Edinburgh journal, page 215
    Synonyms:
    seadog

Questions about water dogs

What is water dogs the plural of?
Water dogs is the plural of water dog.

Words near water dogs in the dictionary

  1. water diviners
  2. water divining
  3. water doctor
  4. water doctors
  5. water dog
  6. water dogs
  7. water down
  8. water dragon
  9. water dragons
  10. water drinker
  11. water drinkers

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