spaniel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

   The spaniel flushed the birds from the long grass.

Common collocations

• springer spaniel Noun + noun

From Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hispāniolus (“Spanish”), from Hispānia (“Spain”).

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