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# spaniel

«spaniel» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dog with long soft ears that hang down and a silky…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a spaniel, spaniels)

### meaning for a pupil

A dog with long soft ears that hang down and a silky coat; breeds include the cocker spaniel, springer spaniel and King Charles spaniel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life spaniels are popular, friendly family pets and good working dogs that sniff out birds; springer spaniels also help police sniff out things. In stories spaniels are loyal, eager companions.

### examples

- Our spaniel loves running through puddles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x1)
- The cocker spaniel has long floppy ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x2)
- A springer spaniel helps the police find lost things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x3)
- King Charles spaniels are small and gentle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x4)
- The spaniel wagged its whole body when we came home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x5)
- Spaniels need lots of walks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x6)
- He seemed as fond of his three-headed dog as if it had been a sweet little spaniel, with silken ears and curly hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spaniel/#x7)

### note

Capitals in breed names that come from people (King Charles spaniel). Say SPAN-yul. Plural: spaniels.

### Trees and pragmatics

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