Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detection dog

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
de-tec-tion -dog
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A specialized form of police dog; trained to use its sense of smell to detect and locate evidence of illicit substances, from illegal drugs to explosives materials, which may be carried on a person in their effects.

Inflected Forms

detection dogs (plural)

Synonyms

sniffer dog

Questions

What does detection dog mean?
A specialized form of police dog; trained to use its sense of smell to detect and locate evidence of illicit substances, from illegal drugs to explosives materials, which may be carried on a person in their effects.

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