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SHORT-HAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short-haired mean? 

SHORT-HAIRED (adjective)
  The adjective SHORT-HAIRED has 1 sense:

1. with short hairplay

  Familiarity information: SHORT-HAIRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHORT-HAIRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With short hair

Context example:

a short-haired dog

Similar:

haired; hairy; hirsute (having or covered with hair)


 Context examples 


The short-haired all-weather coat consists of straight, stiff hair while the under-layer is soft and dense.

(Karelian Bear Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

The name for a short-haired cat that does not have a pedigree nor belong to a specific cat breed.

(Domestic Short Hair Cat, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides the common short-haired variety there is also a long-haired type.

(Chihuahua, NCI Thesaurus)

Both sizes have three coat varieties: the short-haired, the wired-haired, and the long-haired.

(Dachshund, NCI Thesaurus)

It has short, erect ears and a short-haired coat that is fawn to red to mahogany with black tips, mask, and ears.

(Belgian Malinois, NCI Thesaurus)

Albino outbred guinea pig belonging to the English (short-haired) breed.

(Dunkin Hartley Guinea Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

Its hard, short-haired, close-fitting coat comes in black, black and tan, blue-gray, red, fawn and white.

(Doberman Pinscher, NCI Thesaurus)

The Newfoundland went first, followed by the three short-haired pointers, the two mongrels hanging more grittily on to life, but going in the end.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Three were short-haired pointers, one was a Newfoundland, and the other two were mongrels of indeterminate breed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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