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GUIDE DOG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does guide dog mean?
• GUIDE DOG (noun)
The noun GUIDE DOG has 1 sense:
1. a dog trained to guide the blind
Familiarity information: GUIDE DOG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dog trained to guide the blind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("guide dog" is a kind of...):
working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guide dog"):
Seeing Eye dog ((trademark) a guide dog trained to guide a blind person)
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