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Definition: German Shepherd |
German ShepherdNoun1. Breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: German ShepherdSynonym: alsatian (n). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Mrs. Herbert Hoover, full-length portrait, standing, facing left; with German shepherd dog, under arch of hedge outside the White House. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Expression using "German shepherd": german shepherd dog. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "German shepherd"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Finnish | saksanpaimenkoira (Alsatian). (various references) | |
German | wolfshund (alsatian, alsatian dog, wolfhound), schäferhund (alsatian, sheep dog, sheepdog), deutscher schäferhund (alsatian). (various references) | |
Hungarian | német juhász (alsatian), farkaskutya (alsatian, wolf dog, wolf-dog). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ermangay epherdshay.(various references) | |
Russian | немецкая овчарка. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nemački ovčar. (various references) | |
Swedish | schäferhund (alsatian, german shepherd dog). (various references) | |
Turkish | alman kurdu (german police dog). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Chaetochloa italia Scribn., Iris germanica, Panicum italicum L., Quercus ilex, Setaria italica P. Beauv., Vespa germanica, Vespula germanica. (various references) |
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"German Shepherd" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: german sheperd. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-g-h-h-m-n-p-r-r-s" | |
-4 letters: germanders, greenheads, reprehends. | |
-5 letters: dampeners, degreaser, demergers, ensphered, ephemeras, gardeners, gendarmes, germander, graphemes, greenhead, hamperers, hardeners, harshened, merganser, panderers, rehardens, rehearsed, renegades, rephrased, reprehend, serenader, sharpened, sharpener. | |
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