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Norwegian Buhund
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English
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Etymology
From en Norwegian + en no buhund, from no bu homestead, a simple building or mountain hut (where the shepherd lived while looking after his herd in the summer) but can also mean stock, as in livestock + no hund dog.
Noun
Norwegian Buhund
en zoology A breed of dog of the spitz type, used as an all-purpose farm and herding dog, as well as a watchdog and a nanny dog.
Translations
breed of dog
Finnish: fi buhund
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb norsk buhund m
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