Meanings
nounsniffer dog (plural sniffer dogs)
plural sniffer dogs
- A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.
Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West.
2022 March 9, “Network News: Sniffer dogs hired in fight to combat metal thefts in North West”, in RAIL, number 952, page 18Synonyms: detection dog
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.
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Chinese Mandarin 緝毒犬 /缉毒犬, 嗅探犬
- 緝毒犬 /缉毒犬 (jīdúquǎn)police dog trained to sniff
- 嗅探犬 (xiùtànquǎn)police dog trained to sniff
Finnish vainukoira
- vainukoirapolice dog trained to sniff
French chien de détection
- chien de détectionpolice dog trained to sniff
German Spürhund, Suchhund
- Spürhundpolice dog trained to sniff
- Suchhundpolice dog trained to sniff
Italian cane poliziotto
- cane poliziottopolice dog trained to sniff
Malay انجيڠ ڤڠهيدو, anjing penghidu
- انجيڠ ڤڠهيدوpolice dog trained to sniff
- anjing penghidupolice dog trained to sniff
Portuguese cão farejador
- cão farejadorpolice dog trained to sniff
Russian соба́ха-нюха́ч, соба́ка-одоро́лог
- соба́ха-нюха́ч (sobáxa-njuxáč)police dog trained to sniff
- соба́ка-одоро́лог (sobáka-odorólog)police dog trained to sniff
- ище́йка (iščéjka)police dog trained to sniff
Spanish perro olfateador
- perro olfateadorpolice dog trained to sniff
Turkish narkotik köpeği
- narkotik köpeğipolice dog trained to sniff
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