silky terrier
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silky terrier
n.
A toy terrier of a breed developed from a cross between the Australian terrier and the Yorkshire terrier, having short legs and a long silky bluish-gray coat with tan markings.
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silky terrier
n
(Animals) another name for a Sydney silky
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silk′y ter′rier
n.
one of an Australian breed of toy dogs with a long, silky blue coat with tan markings, and a topknot.
[1955–60]
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| Noun | 1. |  silky terrier - Australian breed of toy dogs having a silky blue coatterrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground |
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