单词 | puli |
释义 | pulin. More fully Hungarian puli. A breed of large black, grey, or white sheepdog characterized by a long, thick coat with a corded appearance; a dog of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > other types of Old English sheepdog1890 Belgian sheepdog1901 Belgian Shepherd1901 briard1901 Calabrian1905 Groenendael1925 maremma1925 bouvier1934 Illyrian sheepdog1935 puli1936 Malinois1947 Tervueren1947 Owczarek1948 Old English1971 Aussie1972 1936 Amer. Kennel Gaz. 1 Oct. 62/1 The Puli is used primarily as a sheep herding dog in the hill sections of Hungary. In appearance he has many points of resemblance to the Old English Sheepdog, but is much smaller and more active. 1948 L. Bauvald in B. Vesey-Fitzgerald Bk. Dog ii. 616 The Puli is probably one of the aboriginal dog races of the Magyars... Relatively few Pulik find their way to the exhibition bench. 1978 Times 11 Feb. 2/4 The Hungarian puli, distinguished by its remarkable corded coat, had a class of its own [at Crufts] for the first time. 1991 D. Rieff Los Angeles ii. vi. 100 They had an enormous dog, a Hungarian puli with hair like a catastrophe in a dust mop factory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936 |
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