BELGIAN SHEPHERD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Belgian shepherd mean? 

• BELGIAN SHEPHERD (noun)
  The noun BELGIAN SHEPHERD has 1 sense:

1. hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep

  Familiarity information: BELGIAN SHEPHERD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELGIAN SHEPHERD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hardy working dog developed in Belgium for herding sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Belgian sheepdog; Belgian shepherd

Hypernyms ("Belgian shepherd" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Belgian shepherd"):

groenendael (black-coated sheepdog with a heavily plumed tail)

malinois (fawn-colored short-haired sheepdog)