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cadaver dog en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate remains, usually human ones.
   • While Ferry said he could not disclose his buyers due to privacy reasons, he said the company sells to several universities for classrooms or museums and law enforcement agencies that use individual bones to train cadaver dogs. 2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post:
   • Of course, once trained, a cadaver dog doesn't disturb the remains at the site. 2004, Angela Eaton Snovak, Guide to Search and Rescue Dogs, page 160:

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Hypernyms

police dog

Translations (7)

fi ruumiskoira (detection dog) · sv likhund (detection dog) · et laibakoer (detection dog) · de Leichenspürhund (detection dog) · pl pies policyjny przeszkolony do szukania zwłok (detection dog) · de Leichensuchhund (detection dog) · de Leichenhund (detection dog)