sniffer dog
English
editNoun
editsniffer dog (plural sniffer dogs)
- A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.
- Synonym: detection dog
- 2022 March 9, “Network News: Sniffer dogs hired in fight to combat metal thefts in North West”, in RAIL, number 952, page 18:
- Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West.
Translations
editpolice dog trained to sniff
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References
edit- “sniffer dog”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.