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WIRE-HAIRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wire-haired mean? 

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

1. (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hairplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WIRE-HAIRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair

Synonyms:

wire-haired; wiry-coated

Context example:

a wire-haired terrier

Similar:

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


 Context examples 


It comes in smooth, broken, and wire-haired varieties.

(Jack Russell Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

There are three varieties of Ibizan: smooth-haired, long-haired, and wire-haired.

(Ibizan Hound, NCI Thesaurus)



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