| 单词 | west highland white |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWest Highland white 2. More fully West Highland white. A breed of short-legged terrier with erect pointed ears and a rough white coat; (also) a dog of this breed. Frequently attributive. Cf. westie n.Earlier called Poltalloch terrier: see Poltalloch n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > West Highland terrier Highland terrier1777 Poltalloch1887 West Highland1904 West Highlander1907 highlander1912 westie1949 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [adjective] > of types of black and tan1786 wire-haired1818 Clydesdale1887 West Highland1904 1904 in D. M. Dennis W. Highland White Terrier (1967) 15 West Highland or Poltalloch Terriers. 1906 Our Dogs 15 Sept. 548/1 White West Highland Terriers.—Here truly may be written there is ample room for improvement. 1920 Dogdom June 191/1 Dr. Wisley..has secured a daughter of Ch. Rosstor the Deil and Rosstor Jeanette, and hopes to take up the breeding of West Highlands. 1968 P. Dickinson Skin Deep ix. 174 She's a nice lass, Roedean, breeds West Highlands down at Sonning. 1978 M. Geary Purnell's Pict. Encycl. Dogs 40/2 It [sc. congenital deafness] does not commonly occur in other white breeds, like the West Highland White, so the mode of inheritance is also a breed phenomenon. 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 251/1 A highly popular representative of this group is the West Highland white terrier, fondly known as the Westie. < as lemmas |
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