wirehair

Synonyms:

wire-haired terrier, wirehaired terrier

Types:

Lakeland terrier

breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting

Welsh terrier

wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting

Sealyham, Sealyham terrier

a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham

Type of:

terrier

any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground