cockerpoo

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of cocker spaniel +‎ poodle

Noun

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cockerpoo (plural cockerpoos)

  1. Alternative form of cockapoo
    • 2003, John Farris, The Fury and the Power, page 276:
      A mixed bag of Cockerpoo, shih tzu, and Lhasa apso, a breed which Charmaine's little sister called a "lapsed abscess."
    • 2005, Carole Fletcher, Healed by Horses: A Memoir, page 37:
      I remember my dog December — a little black-and-white cockerpoo named for the month I got her — following closely at my heels as she always did, [...].
    • 2006, Iain Zaczek, Dogs Facts, Figures & Fun, page 52:
      The Cockapoo or Cockerpoo (Cocker Spaniel + Poodle) was developed in the US in the 1960s.