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samoyede

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Sam·o·yed also Sam·o·yede   (sām'ə-yěd', -oi-ěd', sə-moi'ĭd)   
n.  
  1. See Nenets.

  2. Any of a breed of medium-sized dog originally developed in northern Eurasia, having a thick, long, white or cream-colored coat.


[Obsolete Russian samoyed (samo-, self; see samovar + -ed, eater; see ed- in Indo-European roots), by folk etymology from Lapp sāmḿ emḿne, land of the Sami.]
Sam'o·yed' adj., Sam'o·yed'ic adj.
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samoyede

noun
Siberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family [syn: Samoyed
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