cockapoon.
/ˌkɒkəˈpuː/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəˌpu/ U.S.
A dog cross-bred from an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle; such dogs considered collectively as a breed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
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Bernese mountain dog1935
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Swedish Vallhund.1947
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xolo1956
cockapoo1960
maltipoo1968
peekapoo1968
Rottie1968
dorgi1975
Shar-Pei1976
bandog1984
goldendoodle2001
1960 Holiday June 152/2 (caption) Poocock, or Cockerpoo. This up-and-coming ‘breed’ originated about 1954 in Los Angeles... It is virtually unknown in the East.
1989 K. Green Night Angel xi. 117 She'd been a divorced pet groomer. Specialty: poodles, Lhasa apsos, cockapoos.
2014 Good Housek. Apr. 157 Twelve years on, they share it with daughters Rosie, 14, and Ava, 12, as well as Ringo the cockapoo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1960