"cadaver dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cadaver dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cadaver dog (plural cadaver dogs)
  1. A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate remains, usually human. Wikipedia link: cadaver dog Categories (lifeform): Working dogs Hypernyms: police dog, search-and-rescue dog Translations (detection dog): laibakoer (Estonian), ruumiskoira (Finnish), Leichenspürhund [masculine] (German), Leichensuchhund [masculine] (German), Leichenhund [masculine] (German), 死体犬 (shitaiken) (alt: したいけん) (Japanese), likhund [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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