"guard-dog" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: guard‐dog [canonical], guard-dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=guard‐dog}} guard‐dog (plural guard-dogs)
  1. Alternative form of guard dog Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: guard dog
    Sense id: en-guard-dog-en-noun--FINuoqk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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