spaniel
Definitions of spaniel
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any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled earstypes:spaniel ingléstall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coatcockera small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in Englandspaniel americanobreed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coatspaniel irlandésbreed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
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