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Definition of Great Pyrenees
1. Noun. Bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland.
Definition of Great Pyrenees
1. Noun. (US) A large breed of dog originating in France and often used to guard livestock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Great Pyrenees
Literary usage of Great Pyrenees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Ignatius Loyola and the Early Jesuits by Stewart Rose (1891)
"Standing apart, detached from the great Pyrenees chain, to which it might have
been thought of right to belong, its elevation and isolated position would ..."
2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"In the dog characteristic inclusions have been recorded in the submaxillary
salivary glands of a Great Pyrenees pup (Haberman, Williams and Fite, ..."
3. Royal Spain of Today by Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (1913)
"From Alsasua, which is prettily situated in a val we could see the peaks of the
Sierra de Aralar, the Sierra de Andía and even the great Pyrenees. ..."
4. Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France by Elise Whitlock Rose (1906)
"Crossing the bridge he climbed the little hill of the Castelas, and from the park
at the summit he looked over the plain toward the great Pyrenees, ..."
5. Life and Writings of Frank Forester (Henry William Herbert.) by Henry William Herbert, Thomas Picton (1882)
"... the lower steps of the great Pyrenees, extended now in one vast, continuous
range, farther than the eye could reach on the opposite side likewise, ..."
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