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cocker spaniel definition

cocker spaniel

any of a breed of small spaniels with a compact body, short legs, long, silky hair, and long, drooping ears

Etymology: from its use in hunting woodcock

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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