SPANISH POINTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish pointer mean? 

• SPANISH POINTER (noun)
  The noun SPANISH POINTER has 1 sense:

1. a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

  Familiarity information: SPANISH POINTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH POINTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points to game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pointer; Spanish pointer

Hypernyms ("Spanish pointer" is a kind of...):

gun dog; sporting dog (a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Spanish pointer"):

German short-haired pointer (liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany; 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound)

Hungarian pointer; vizsla (Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat)