bird dog

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   a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds

   Broadersporting dog

Questions about bird dog

What does bird dog mean?

bird dog means "a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds".

Is bird dog a common word?

bird dog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.