soft-coated wheaten terrier


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soft-coat·ed wheaten terrier

 (sôft′kō′tĭd, sŏft′-)
n.
A terrier of a medium-sized breed developed in Ireland, having a wheat-colored coat of soft wavy hair.
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soft-coated wheaten terrier

n
(Breeds) a strongly-built medium-sized variety of terrier with a soft, wavy or curly, wheat-coloured coat
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Noun1.soft-coated wheaten terrier - Irish breed of medium-sized terrier with an abundant coat any shade of wheat and very hairy head and muzzle
terrier - any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
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