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Noun: wirehaired terrier
  1. A terrier with wiry hair
    "The wirehaired terrier's coat provides protection when pursuing prey through thick underbrush";
    - wirehair, wire-haired terrier
Adjective: wire-haired  'wI(-u)r,hehrd
  1. (especially of dogs) having stiff wiry hair
    "a wire-haired terrier";
    - wiry-coated

See also: haired, hairy, hirsute

Type of: terrier

Encyclopedia: Wire-haired