waterdogとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

waterdog (plural waterdogs)

1. A mudpuppy.
2. The mature larva of an ambystomid salamander, particularly that of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum).
3. An axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
4. A small irregular floating cloud supposed to indicate rain.

参考

• seadog

アナグラム

• dogwater

発音

名詞

water dog (plural water dogs)

1. A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
2. Synonym of seadog (“a sailor accustomed to the sea”).
   • 1860, Chambers's Edinburgh journal, page 215:

     Jim Bowes, in fact, looked like what he was — a rough old water-dog, who had grown gray and shaggy amidst the winds and waves, without ever troubling himself about the other shore that bounds the sea of life.

同意語

• water spaniel (dated as a general term)

派生語