Irish water spaniel in British English
noun
a breed of dog used to hunt duck and having a dense coat of a purplish-liver colour that falls in tight ringlets covering the whole body except for the face and tail
Irish water spaniel in American English
any of a breed of spaniel with a liver-colored coat of dense ringlets, a topknot, and a ratlike tail, oftenused as a retriever of waterfowl
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