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australian shepherd

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
aus-tralian shep-herd
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of herding dog originating in areas around and in California.

Etymology

Selectively bred shepherding dogs mainly of European stock, misnamed from some interbreeding of Australian dogs imported to California during the Gold Rush.

Inflected Forms

Australian Shepherds (plural)

Questions

What does australian shepherd mean?
A type of herding dog originating in areas around and in California.
Where does australian shepherd come from?
Selectively bred shepherding dogs mainly of European stock, misnamed from some interbreeding of Australian dogs imported to California during the Gold Rush.

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