Airedale terrier


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Aire·dale terrier

 (âr′dāl′)
n.
A large terrier of a breed having long legs and a wiry tan coat marked with black.

[After Airedale, a valley of north-central England.]
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Noun1.Airedale terrier - breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in YorkshireAiredale terrier - breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire
terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
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In size and weight it is comparable to a large Airedale terrier. Its eyes are small and close-set, and almost hidden in deep, fleshy apertures.
The memorial was commissioned after the Airedale Terrier Club of Scotland launched a fundraising drive.
DIGGS, my Airedale Terrier, at 3 months, retrieves his first chukar.
Featuring Patria's logo Jack - an Airedale Terrier famed for crawling two miles through no-man's land to deliver a message that rescued a battalion during the First World War - and his pup, both pieces are designed and manufactured in the UK using only the best fabrics.
Featuring Patria's logo Jack - an Airedale Terrier famed for crawling two miles through no-man's land to deliver a battalion during the First World War - and his pup, both pieces are designed and manufactured in the UK using only the best fabrics.
96 Airedale terrier The biggest terrier of the lot.
PENDLETON - A Pendleton man and his two teenage sons found a thirsty, famished Airedale terrier struggling to move in deep snow when they paused after a 14-mile snowmobile ride into the northeastern Oregon backcountry.
Using a nearby boat he rowed to Lex, an Airedale Terrier, who was stranded on an island lake, but after getting her aboard, she panicked and jumped into the water.
Darcy, Belle and her lab, Buster, soon meet their neighbor, Susan, and her airedale terrier, Jazzy, and they become fast friends.
As racas de caes que apresentam maior frequencia sao: Boxer, Rottweiler, Poodle, Chow Chow, Beagle, Basset Hound, Pastor Alemao, Sao Bernardo, Scottish Terrier, Airedale Terrier e Bulldog (1).
Barney, 17, was about to jump on his motorbike and head to classes when the Airedale terrier went into labour three days early.
Terriers (tar-e-e-rs) are a group of relatively small dogs, with the exception of the Airedale terrier. These dogs were developed for chasing prey, primarily vermin, to ground.