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Fox terrier Moderate

Origin: French suffix -ier

Fox terrier has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

small lively black-and-white terriers formerly used to dig out foxes

2

Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting.

See Also
breed wire fox terrier fox terriers foxie smooth fox terrier dog fox toy fox terrier
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
terrier
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
smooth-haired fox terrier wire-haired fox terrier
Rhyming Words
hier fier vier kier sier pier tier bier plier maier trier thier prier brier drier ozier feier osier frier grier
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