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Noun Concept
Categories: Dog roles, Companion dogs, Dogs as pets
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lapdog  lap dog  ankle-biter  ankle biter  anklebiter
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A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap WordNet 3.0
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A dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A lap dog or lapdog is a dog that is both small enough to be held in the arms or lie comfortably on a person's lap and temperamentally predisposed to doing so. Wikipedia
A small toy dog, kept as household pet, whose light weight and companionable temperament make it both suited and disposed to spend time resting in the comfort of its master's lap; a dog bred to behave in this manner. Wiktionary
Small dog suited to resting in its master's lap. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
dog
companion dog
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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lapdog
Wikipedia
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lap dog
Wikidata
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lap dog
Wiktionary
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lap dog
Wikipedia Redirections
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lap dogs, Lap pet, lapdog, lapdogs
Wikidata Alias
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ankle-biter, ankle biter, anklebiter, lapdog

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