"wheel dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wheel dogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheel dog (plural wheel dogs)
  1. (mushing) One of the dogs positioned directly in front of the sled that absorbs most of the force during the sled's movement. Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-wheel_dog-en-noun-EOuGQklp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for wheel dog meaning in English (0.9kB)

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