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# corgi

«corgi» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small dog with short legs, a long body, pointed ears…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a corgi, corgis)

### meaning for a pupil

A corgi is a small dog with short legs, a long body, pointed ears and a fox-like face, first bred in Wales to herd cattle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life corgis are popular pets. In stories and news they are famous as the favourite dogs of Queen Elizabeth the Second. In science, they are an example of a herding breed. «Corgi» comes from Welsh.

### examples

- Our neighbour has a fluffy corgi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x1)
- The corgi ran on its short little legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x2)
- The Queen loved her corgis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x3)
- Corgis were bred to herd cattle in Wales. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x4)
- A corgi barked at the postman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x5)
- My corgi is called Biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/#x6)

### note

Plural «corgis». There are two types: Pembroke and Cardigan Welsh corgis. Corgi is also a brand of toy cars in the UK.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corgi» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corgi/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.