retriever
noun/rɪˈtriːvər/
Frequency rank: #13,231 most common English word
Meaning
a dog bred or trained to retrieve game or objects.
Example sentence
My neighbor owns retriever that is trained to fetch balls from the lake.
Synonyms & related words
- gundog
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