arson dog
noun1
A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate traces of accelerant at sites of a suspected arson.
- Identifying 1/1000th of a drop of 50 percent evaporated gasoline is an easy task for a well-trained arson dog.2006, Jenni Bidner, Dog Heroes: Saving Lives and Protecting America, page 98:
- Hypernyms
- police dog, detection dog