POODLE DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poodle dog mean? 

• POODLE DOG (noun)
  The noun POODLE DOG has 1 sense:

1. an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs

  Familiarity information: POODLE DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POODLE DOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

poodle; poodle dog

Hypernyms ("poodle dog" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poodle dog"):

toy poodle (the breed of very small poodles)

miniature poodle (a breed of small poodles)

standard poodle (a breed or medium-sized poodles)

large poodle (the largest breed of poodle)

 Context examples 

And when he had spoken these words, the old man was changed into a poodle dog, and had a gold collar round his neck, and the cooks were ordered to bring up some live coals, and these he ate, until the flames broke forth from his throat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)