"detection dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: detection dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} detection dog (plural detection dogs)
  1. A specialized form of police dog; trained to use its sense of smell to detect and locate evidence of illicit substances, from illegal drugs to explosives materials, which may be carried on a person in their effects. Wikipedia link: detection dog Categories (lifeform): Working dogs Synonyms: sniffer dog Hypernyms: police dog, arson dog, drug dog, cadaver dog
    Sense id: en-detection_dog-en-noun-41mOasOG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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