English cocker spaniel

noun

a small breed with wavy silky hair; originally developed in England

• Syn: ↑cocker spaniel, ↑cocker

• Hypernyms: ↑spaniel

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noun

Usage: usually capitalized E

: any of a breed of active friendly spaniels that have square muzzles, wide noses, and heads which are typically half muzzle and half skull with the forehead and skull arched and slightly flattened and that were originally bred for hunting

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one of an English breed of compact medium-sized sporting dogs having a medium-length coat of various solid colors or parti-colored, low-set, droopy ears, fairly short legs, and a docked tail, originally raised as a hunting dog.

[1945-50]

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English cocker spaniel,

any one of a breed of hunting dogs differing from the cocker spaniel chiefly in its larger size. It weighs from 26 to 34 pounds.