Dictionary

sniffer dog en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.
   • Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West. 2022 March 9, “Network News: Sniffer dogs hired in fight to combat metal thefts in North West”, in RAIL, number 952, page 18:

Forms

Synonyms

detection dog

Translations (15)

ru соба́ха-нюха́ч (police dog trained to sniff) · fi vainukoira (police dog trained to sniff) · pt cão farejador (police dog trained to sniff) · de Spürhund (police dog trained to sniff) · fr chien de détection (police dog trained to sniff) · tr narkotik köpeği (police dog trained to sniff) · ru ище́йка (police dog trained to sniff) · cmn 嗅探犬 (police dog trained to sniff) · ru соба́ка-одоро́лог (police dog trained to sniff) · de Suchhund (police dog trained to sniff) · cmn 緝毒犬 /缉毒犬 (police dog trained to sniff) · ms انجيڠ ڤڠهيدو (police dog trained to sniff) · it cane poliziotto (police dog trained to sniff) · es perro olfateador (police dog trained to sniff) · ms anjing penghidu (police dog trained to sniff)