Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog of a tall slender breed developed in Russia for hunting wolves, having a narrow pointed head and a silky coat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun tall, slender fast-moving dog breed; called also
Russian wolfhound .
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- noun A breed of dog also knows as the
Russian Wolfhound .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tall fast-moving dog breed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Running over a borzoi with my Volkswagen would not have prepared me for helping a veterinarian treat a dog who ran into traffic.
Kathy Guillermo: How Not to Save Lives Kathy Guillermo 2011
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Indeed, they are unusual in that the elongation of the snout begins before they are born, which probably makes borzoi puppies less proficient suckers than other breeds.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Every breed of dog, from dachshund to Dalmatian, from boxer to borzoi, from poodle to Pekinese, from Great Dane to chihuahua, has been carved, chiselled, kneaded, moulded, not literally as flesh and bone but in its gene pool.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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So next morning I am in wet Carmarthen High Street, awaiting sight of a black borzoi nose held low.
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Indeed, they are unusual in that the elongation of the snout begins before they are born, which probably makes borzoi puppies less proficient suckers than other breeds.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Every breed of dog, from dachshund to Dalmatian, from boxer to borzoi, from poodle to Pekinese, from Great Dane to chihuahua, has been carved, chiselled, kneaded, moulded, not literally as flesh and bone but in its gene pool.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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I hadda borzoi wunce, an dis was utterly tru bout him.
i wuz rite - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I knew a pursun who obedience traind teh borzoi an it is very hard, yes.
i wuz rite - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Maybe Whiskey, the Irish Wolfhound, should meet your borzoi!
REVIEW: I Try Not to Drive Past Cemeteries by Evelyn David 2007
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Maybe Whiskey, the Irish Wolfhound, should meet your borzoi!
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