maltese dog

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   breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat

   SynonymsMaltese terrierMaltese

   Broadertoy dog

Questions about maltese dog

What does maltese dog mean?

maltese dog means "breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat".

What is another word for maltese dog?

Close synonyms include Maltese terrier, Maltese. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maltese dog a common word?

maltese dog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.