Crossword clues for dachshund
dachshund
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dachshund \Dachs"hund`\ (d[aum]ks"h[udd]nt`), n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1881, from German Dachshund (15c.), from Dachs (Old High German dahs, 11c.) "badger" (perhaps literally "builder;" see texture) + Hund "dog" (see hound (n.)). Probably so called because the dogs were used in badger hunts, their long, thin bodies bred to burrow into setts. French taisson, Spanish texon, tejon, Italian tasso are Germanic loan words.
Wiktionary
n. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
WordNet
n. small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows [syn: dachsie, badger dog]
Wikipedia
The dachshund ( or or ) is a short-legged, long-bodied, hound-type dog breed.
The standard size dachshund was developed to scent, chase, and flush out badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals, while the miniature dachshund was bred to hunt smaller prey such as rabbits. In the United States, they have also been used to track wounded deer and hunt prairie dogs.
Dachshunds also participate in conformation shows, field trials and many other events organized through pure bred dog organizations such as the American Kennel Club (AKC). According to the AKC, the dachshund remains one of the top 10 dog breeds in the United States.
dachshund is a gene involved in the development of the arthropod compound eye which also plays a role in leg development. In Drosophila, dachshund (dac) is a gene needed for embryonic leg development. It is activated by the Distal-less (Dll) gene. Dachshund homologue (DACH1) regulates tumorigenesis in humans as a part of the Retinal Determination Gene Network (RDGN) complex, with cancer patients showing altered DACH1 expression.
Usage examples of "dachshund".
We passed the canopied doorway of an exclusive condominium where a uniformed doorman struggled to untangle the leashes of one Doberman, two Pekingese, a dachshund and a 129 GENEROUS DEATH Brittany spaniel.
Like most pet owners, Carmen adored her wirehaired dachshund and assumed everyone else did, too, which in Crozet was a relatively safe assumption.
A little wirehaired dachshund appeared from behind the sofa, went to Hamish and pressed its small shivering body against his legs.
Labrador, two bassets, and a dachshund, all displaying curiosity tempered by good manners.
She wore satin gloves up to the elbow and mothered a long line of smelly dachshunds with tearstained eyes.
Chuck the dachshund sat nearby staring at his master like the dog staring at the old victrola on the RCA label.
No breed of cats in its proper condition can by any stretch of the imagination be thought of as even slightly ungraceful -- a record against which must be pitted the depressing spectacle of impossibly flattened bulldogs, grotesquely elongated dachshunds, hideously shapeless and shaggy Airedales, and' the like.
She walked outside and called halfheartedly for the missing dachshunds, an exercise that she abandoned swiftly after spying a fat brown snake.
On the desk, to the right of the inclined part, slowly moving back and forth over the lieutenant's work, stood in tense posture a bronze, or perhaps only plaster shepherd about the height of a dachshund, who, as any dog fancier could see at a glance, was cow-hocked and let his croup, to the onset of the tail, slope much too steeply.
Dorgan drew an amusing sketch of a dachshund inside a frankfurter bun, and from that time on, the German sausage had a new American name.
Here we are, yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds on.
He was about the size of a miniature poodle, but his legs were no longer than those of a dachshund.