Definition of Tibetan terrier

1. Noun. Breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails.

Exact synonyms: Chrysanthemum Dog
Generic synonyms: Terrier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tibetan Terrier

Tiberius
Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus
Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus
Tibet
Tibet Autonomous Region
Tibetan
Tibetan Autonomous Region
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Mastiffs
Tibetan antelope
Tibetan fox
Tibetan foxes
Tibetan mastiff
Tibetan script
Tibetan terrier (current term)
Tibetans
Tibeto-
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman language
Tibicen
Tibur
Tiburon
Tichodroma
Tichodroma muriaria
Ticino
Ticonderoga
Tiddledy Winks
Tiddley Winks
Tidewater

Literary usage of Tibetan terrier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the by Perceval Landon (1905)
"The typical Tibetan terrier, a long-coated little fellow with a sharp nose, prick ears, and, as a rule, black from muzzle to tail, we found but seldom in a ..."

2. Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and by British Museum, Brian Houghton Hodgson (1846)
"Drawing of Tibetan terrier, t. 70. r. Drawing of Tibetan Mastiff", five and four clawed var. t. 71, copied t. 72. «; Drawing of skull of Tibetan Mastiff, t. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Specimens and Drawings of Mammalia and Birds of Nepal and by B. N. Hodgson (1846)
"Drawing of Tibetan terrier, t. 70. r. Drawing of Tibetan Mastiff, five and four clawed var. t. 71, copied t. 72. s. Drawing of skull of Tibetan Mastiff, t. ..."

4. The Opening of Tibet: An Account of Lhasa and the Country and People of by Perceval Landon, Herbert James Walton, William Frederick Travers O'Connor, Francis Edward Younghusband (1905)
"The typical Tibetan terrier, a long-coated little fellow with a sharp nose, prick ears, and, as a rule, black from muzzle to tail, we found but seldom in a ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"... (Saca- lius indiens), the Cabul Greyhound (Cani* cabu/entis), the Tibetan Terrier, Tibetan Mastiff (with four and five claws), ..."

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