wire-haired terrier

Definitions of wire-haired terrier

1. noun

   a terrier with wiry hair
   synonyms: wirehair, wirehaired terrier

   types:

   Lakeland terrier

   breed of wire-haired terrier originally from the Lake District of England and used for hunting

   Welsh terrier

   wire-haired terrier resembling Airedales but smaller; developed in Wales for hunting

   Sealyham, Sealyham terrier

   a wire-haired terrier with short legs that was first bred in Sealyham

   type of:

   terrier

   any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground