Water Spaniel

Water spaniel (capitalized in the names of recognized breeds) was originally a term for water dogs generally, and today refer to several different breeds of water dogs that actually are spaniels, such as:

  • American Water Spaniel
  • English Water Spaniel, extinct
  • Irish Water Spaniel
  • Tweed Water Spaniel, extinct

Famous quotes containing the word water:

    “I will catch Christ with a greased worm,
    And when the Prince of Darkness stalks
    My bloodstream to its Stygian term . . .
    On water the Man-Fisher walks.”
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)