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Meaning of water dog | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
  2. Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).

Equivalents

Dansk vandhund
Deutsch Wasserhund
Español perro de agua
Suomi vedestä noutava lintukoira vesikoira
Français chien d'eau
Magyar vízikutya
Bahasa Indonesia anjing air
Italiano cane d'acqua
日本語 ウォーター・ドッグ 壬戌
한국어 워터 도그
Lietuvių vandens šuo
Bahasa Melayu anjing air
Nederlands waterhond
Polski pies dowodny pies wodny
Português cão d'água cão de água
Română câine de apă
Русский водяная соба́ка
Svenska vattenhund

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

water dragon water drinker water drop water dropwort water drum water dumping

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