"fox terrier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fox terriers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fox terrier (plural fox terriers)
  1. Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting. Wikipedia link: fox terrier Categories (lifeform): Terriers Derived forms: miniature fox terrier, smooth fox terrier, toy fox terrier, wire fox terrier Translations (dog breeds): foxteriér [masculine] (Czech), foxterriër [masculine] (Dutch), vulpa terhundo (Esperanto), kettuterrieri (Finnish), foksterrieri (Finnish), fox-terrier [masculine] (French), Foxterrier [masculine] (German), Glatthaar-Foxterrier (english: smooth) [masculine] (German), Glatthaarfox (english: smooth) [masculine] (German), Drahthaar-Foxterrier (english: wire) [masculine] (German), Drahthaarfox (english: wire) [masculine] (German), foxterrier (Hungarian), foxi (Hungarian), anjing fox terrier (Malay), foksterier [masculine] (Polish), фокстерье́р (foksterʹjér) [masculine] (Russian), foxteriér [masculine] (Slovak), foxterrier [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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