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Shepherd dog

noun

Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep. Synonyms: sheep dog, sheepdog.

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German shepherd dog

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"Shepherd dog" Quotes from Famous Books

... as the original type seems to be involved in dense obscurity. Buffon considered the shepherd dog to be the least modified by domestication—very erroneously, according to Dr Prichard; it is still a vexata questio, whether the original progenitor of the dog be a wolf, a jackal, a fox, or an unknown ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 • Various

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