working dog

English

Noun

working dog (plural working dogs)

2. Any breed of dog developed primarily to assist humans in performing tasks, such as farming, controlling livestock, law enforcement, or assisting the blind.

   Hypernyms: working animal < animal < creature

   Hyponyms: shepherd dog, sheepdog, herding dog; guide dog, seeing eye dog, service dog

Translations

type of dog breed

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工作犬 (zh) (gōngzuòquǎn), 役用犬 (zh) (yìyòngquǎn)

• Dutch: werkhond (nl) m
• Finnish: käyttökoira
• French: chien de travail m
• German: Arbeitshund m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 使役犬 (ja) (しえきけん, shiekiken)
• Korean: 사역견(使役犬) (sayeokgyeon)
• Portuguese: cão de serviço m
• Russian: служе́бная соба́ка f (služébnaja sobáka)
• Spanish: perro de trabajo m
• Swedish: brukshund (sv) c

See also

• lap dog
• show dog
• toy dog