flat-coated retriever
- noun
- /flæt ˈkoʊtɪd rɪˈtrivər/
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retriever de pelo liso
- The flat-coated retriever is known for its friendly temperament and intelligence, making it a great family pet.
They were both black lab mixes, Magnus with flat coat retriever and Amika with catahua, leopard hound and maybe some Pitbull as well.
- They were both black lab mixes, Magnus with flat coat retriever and Amika with catahua, leopard hound and maybe some Pitbull as well.
Examples
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Julie Dahl and her flat-coated retriever, Jackie, had been doing therapy work for a few years through the Delta Society and Therapy Dogs International (TDI).
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So I always with those combined yeah of that when we got our flat coated retriever hated being in the car.
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So, so flat coated retrievers are the, are the closest relative to, to the, to the Labrador.
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During the hunt, the flat-coated retriever retrieved the duck effortlessly from the water.
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She trains her flat-coated retriever to fetch items both on land and in water.
Surface Forms
Morphology
flat-coated + retriever
The phrase is a straightforward adjective–noun composition: 'flat-coated' means having a flat (smooth) coat and 'retriever' names a dog bred to retrieve game, so together it denotes a retriever with a flat coat. This meaning follows regular English compounding and is directly derivable from the constituents, so a B1 learner who knows 'flat', 'coated' and 'retriever' would understand it.
Etymology
Flat-coated retriever gets its name from its flat-coated fur, which lies flat and looks shiny, and from the dog's job as a retriever. Hunters in England trained these dogs to 'retrieve' or 'bring back' birds from both water and land, so the name explains how the dog looks and what it does.
