#sporting_dog__gun_dog__gundog  a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns
  supertype:  hunting_dog__huntingdog  a dog used in hunting game
  subtype:  bird_dog  a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds
  subtype:  water_dog__waterdog  a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl
  subtype:  retriever  a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained to retrieve game
     subtype:  flat-coated_retriever  an English breed having a shiny black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
     subtype:  curly-coated_retriever  an English breed having a tightly curled black or liver-colored coat; retrieves game from land or water
     subtype:  golden_retriever  an English breed having a long silky golden coat
     subtype:  Labrador_retriever  breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat
     subtype:  Chesapeake_Bay_retriever  American breed having a short thick oily coat ranging from brown to light tan
  subtype:  Spanish_pointer__pointer  a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points game
     subtype:  German_short-haired_pointer  liver or liver-and-white hunting dog developed in Germany; 3/4 pointer and 1/4 bloodhound
     subtype:  vizla__Hungarian_pointer  Hungarian hunting dog resembling the Weimaraner but having a rich deep red coat
  subtype:  setter  a long-haired dog formerly trained to crouch on finding game but now to point
     subtype:  English_setter  an English breed having a plumed tail and a soft silky coat that is chiefly white
     subtype:  Irish_setter__red_setter__redsetter  an Irish breed with a chestnut-brown or mahogany-red coat
     subtype:  Gordon_setter  a Scottish breed with a black-and-tan coat
  subtype:  spaniel  any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears
     subtype:  Brittany_spaniel  tall active short-tailed French breed of bird dog having a usually smooth orange- or liver-and-white coat
     subtype:  clumber_spaniel__clumberspaniel__clumber  a thickset spaniel with longish silky hair
     subtype:  field_spaniel__fieldspaniel  large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel
     subtype:  springer_spaniel__springer  a large spaniel with wavy silky coat usually black or liver and white
        subtype:  English_springer_spaniel__English_springer  a breed having typically a black-and-white coat
        subtype:  Welsh_springer_spaniel  a red-and-white breed slightly smaller than the English springer spaniel
     subtype:  English_cocker_spaniel__cocker_spaniel__cocker  a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in England
     subtype:  Sussex_spaniel  an English breed with short legs and a golden liver-colored coat
     subtype:  water_spaniel__waterspaniel  any dog of two large curly-coated breeds (the Irish and the American) used for hunting waterfowl
        subtype:  American_water_spaniel  breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat
        subtype:  Irish_water_spaniel  breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
  subtype:  wire-haired_pointing_griffon__griffon  breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat; originated in Holland but largely developed in France

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