WordNet
n. any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats [syn: ratter]
Wikipedia
The Rat Terrier is an American dog breed with a background as a farm dog and hunting companion. Traditionally more of a type than a breed, they share much ancestry with the small hunting dogs known as feists. Common throughout family farms in the 1920s and 1930s, they are now considered a rare breed. Today's Rat Terrier is an intelligent, active little dog that is kept both for pest control and as a family pet.
Usage examples of "rat terrier".
Looking, Bill saw that Sweet Thing had appeared beside More Jam and was now looking around his enormous stomach at the older Dilbian female, like a rat terrier growling around the edge of a half-opened door at an intruder.
His sister Doro said he was a cross between a snapping turtle and a rat terrier: once he had his teeth in something, he never let go.
She had a perfectly sculpted nose, and it was quivering like a rat terrier’.
She had a perfectly sculpted nose, and it was quivering like a rat terrier's.