Definition of Shetland sheep dog

1. Noun. A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands.

Exact synonyms: Shetland, Shetland Sheepdog
Generic synonyms: Sheep Dog, Sheepdog, Shepherd Dog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shetland Sheep Dog

Sherpa
Sherpur District
Sherri
Sherrington
Sherrington's law
Sherrington phenomenon
Sherry
Sherwood
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Forest
Sheryl
Shetland
Shetland Islands
Shetland ponies
Shetland pony
Shetland sheep dog (current term)
Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
Shetlands
Shevat
Shevchenko
Shi'a
Shi'ite
Shi'ite Muslim
Shia
Shia Islam
Shia Muslim
Shia crescent
Shiah

Literary usage of Shetland sheep dog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Orkneys and Shetland: Their Past and Present State by John R. Tudor (1883)
"The Shetland sheep-dog, like the sheep, is of a small, diminutive breed, and appears to be far inferior in intelligence to the collie of the Mainland, ..."

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