"border collie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: border collies [plural]
Etymology: Essentially the collie from the Scottish/English border. Head templates: {{en-noun}} border collie (plural border collies)
  1. A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience. Wikipedia link: Border Collie Categories (lifeform): Dogs, Herding dogs Synonyms: Border Collie, Border collie Translations (border collie): бордър коли (bordǎr koli) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 邊境牧羊犬 (Chinese Mandarin), 边境牧羊犬 (biānjìng mùyángquǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 邊界牧羊犬 (Chinese Mandarin), 边界牧羊犬 (biānjiè mùyángquǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), landlima ŝafhundo (Esperanto), bordercollie (Finnish), cóilí teorann [masculine] (Irish), ボーダー・コリー (bōdā korī) (Japanese), 보더 콜리 (bodeo kolli) (Korean), borderkollijs [masculine] (Latvian), borderkolis [masculine] (Lithuanian), пограничен коли (pograničen koli) [neuter] (Macedonian), collie sempadan (Malay), border collie [masculine] (Polish), border collie [masculine] (Portuguese), borderski ovčar [masculine] (Slovene), bordercollie [common-gender] (Swedish), sınır colliesi (Turkish)

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