badger dog


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Noun1.Badger dog - small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping earsbadger dog - small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
hunting dog - a dog used in hunting game
sausage dog, sausage hound - informal term
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The way a Dachshund (badger dog) hunts is to go underground into a badger burrow, contact the badger, and then bark furiously.
(The breed name is actually German, and means badger dog.)
The name of which breed of dog means, in German, badger dog? 5.