A white or light-coloured dog with black or dark spots; (now) spec. the Dalmatian.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > Dalmatian (10) spotted dog1621 A white or light-coloured dog with black or dark spots; (now) spec. the Dalmatian. tiger-dog1682 a dog resembling a tiger (cf. sense 2); spec. the spotted carriage-dog. carriage dog1760 †(a) a dog used to draw a sledge (= sledge-dog n. at sledge, n.2 compounds) (obsolete rare); (b) a dog trained to accompany carriages, spec. a… Dalmatian dog1810 the spotted coach-dog, sometimes called ‘smaller Danish dog’. coach-dog1840 a dog of Dalmatian breed, usually white spotted with black, kept to run in attendance on a carriage. plum pudding1851 = plum-pudding dog n. at compounds 2. Obsolete. plum-pudding dog1852 a Dalmatian. lesser Dane1870 Applied to a breed or breeds of dogs. Spotted Dick1880 A Dalmatian dog; = spotted dog, n. 1. Dalmatian1893 elliptical for Dalmatian dog n. at sense B. 2. |
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