toy dog

noun

Any of several breeds of small dogs, kept as pets.

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Meanings

nountoy dog (plural toy dogs)

plural toy dogs

  1. Any of several breeds of small dogs, kept as pets.

    Synonyms: toy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several breeds of small dogs, kept as pets.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets

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Broader
dogdomestic dogCanis familiaris
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 玩賞犬 /玩赏犬
  • 玩賞犬 /玩赏犬small breed of dog
Finnish kääpiökoira
  • kääpiökoirasmall breed of dog
Irish measán
  • measánsmall breed of dog
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