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Dachshund

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dachs⋅hund

[dahks-hoont, -hoond, -uhnd, daks-, dash-]
–noun
one of a German breed of dogs having short legs, a long body and ears, and a usually tan or black-and-tan coat.

Origin:
1840–50; < G, equiv. to Dachs badger + Hund dog
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dachs·hund   (däks'hŏŏnt', däk'sənt, däk'sənd)   
n.  A small dog of a breed developed in Germany for hunting badgers and having a long body, a usually shorthaired brown or black and brown coat, drooping ears, and very short legs.

[German : Dachs, badger (from Middle High German dahs, from Old High German; see teks- in Indo-European roots) + Hund, dog (from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German; see kwon- in Indo-European roots).]
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dachshund 
1881, from Ger. Dachshund, from Dachs, from common I.E. word for "badger" (cf. L. taxus, taxo) + Hund "dog." Probably so called because the dogs were used in badger hunts, their long, thin bodies bred to burrow into setts.
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