| 词汇 | airedale terrier |
| 词源 | Airedale terrier. First called a “Bingley” terrier after the Bing- ley district in Yorkshire, England, the dog’s name was officially changed to Airedale in 1886 (the Aire River runs through Bing- ley). Terrier, from the Latin terra (“earth”), means a dog that “takes to earth,” a reference to the terrier digging into burrows for badgers and other prey. |
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