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Definition of Shetland sheep dog
1. Noun. A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shetland Sheep Dog
Literary usage of Shetland sheep dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by John R. Tudor (1883)
"The Shetland sheep-dog, like the sheep, is of a small, diminutive breed, and
appears to be far inferior in intelligence to the collie of the Mainland, ..."