dachshund
nounUK /ˈdɑːksˌhʊnd/ · US /ˈdɑksˌhʊnt/
Etymology From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”).
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A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
- Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- We had decided to take a small dog for the children and we chose a tan, short-haired, six-week-old male dachshund. We named him Fritz.2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 35:
- Derived terms
- dorgi
- Related terms
- dassie, chondrodystrophic, degenerative disc disease, dwarf