sniffer dognoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnɪf.ə ˌdɒɡ/us/ˈsnɪf.ɚ ˌdɑːɡ/a dog that is trained and used by the police or army to find hidden drugs or bombs, or to find someone the police are looking for, using its sense of smell
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Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- basset hound
- beagle
- bird dog
- dog
- doggy
- fox terrier
- foxhound
- German shepherd
- mastiff
- mongrel
- mutt
- Pekinese
- pit bull terrier
- St Bernard
- terrier
- tracker dog
- vixen
- whelp
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Detection & solving crimes
Examples from literature
- Unless they had specially-trained sniffer dogs to help them, rescuers using only traditional avalanche probes often had no idea where the victim was.