a dog bred and trained for ‘working’ cattle.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > Australian cattle-dog (6) cattle-dog1878 a dog bred and trained for ‘working’ cattle. bluey1879 Australian colloquial. A blue cattle dog; spec. a blue heeler. blue heeler1900 a variety of the Australian cattle dog having a coat of mixed black and white hairs that give it a greyish speckled appearance; cf. heeler, n.2 6a. Queensland heeler1905 an Australian cattle dog; cf. Queensland blue, n. 1. Australian cattle-dog1926 (see quots.). Queensland blue heeler1956 Also Queensland blue heeler = Australian cattle-dog n. at Australian, n. adj.compounds; cf. blue heeler n. at blue, adj. n.compounds 1b(a). |
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