Chesapeake Bay retriever
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɛsəpiˌkeɪ beɪ rɪˈtrivər/
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perro de caza de la bahía de Chesapeake
- Ethan's sleek Chesapeake Bay retriever, Simon, stood, front paws on the gunwale, tongue lolling.
Examples
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However, one of the earliest strains of retriever descended from the St. John's water dog is the Chesapeake Bay duck dog (Chesapeake Bay retriever).
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The Chesapeake Bay retriever is known for its excellent swimming ability when retrieving waterfowl.
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He was a Chesapeake Bay retriever.
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Remember when I said that brindle sometimes appears in Chesapeake Bay retrievers?
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During the hunting season, many sportsmen rely on their Chesapeake Bay retriever to fetch ducks from the water.
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Her Chesapeake Bay retriever has a thick, water-resistant coat that helps it stay warm while swimming.
How Water-Loving
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Chesapeake + bay + retriever
The phrase is fully compositional: it names a retriever associated with the Chesapeake Bay region, so a learner who knows 'Chesapeake' (a place/estuary), 'bay', and 'retriever' can infer it denotes a dog breed from that area. Place-name + breed constructions are regular and cross-linguistically common, making the meaning predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Chesapeake Bay retriever comes from working dogs found near Chesapeake Bay in the United States, where hunters needed a strong swimmer to fetch birds from cold water. One popular story says two shipwrecked dogs showed this skill, so the name describes a hardy retriever used to 'retrieve' water birds.