prick-eared

So we got a little gray prick-eared Cairn terrier and named him Feldspar.

Born to Bark Stanley Coren 2010

The prick-eared Tamworth is active and suited to outdoor systems, being used in woodland and scrub reclamation projects, where its colour protects it from sunburn.

Archive 2007-06-17 2007

Little is recorded of the breed's development but Victorian writers such as William Youatt in 'The Pig' and HD Richardson in 'The Pig - Its Origins and Varieties' seem to conclude that it was derived from crossing the original Gloucestershire pig - a large, off-white variety with wattles hanging from its neck, with the unimproved Berkshire, a sandy-coloured prick-eared pig with spots.

Archive 2007-07-15 2007

Little is recorded of the breed's development but Victorian writers such as William Youatt in 'The Pig' and HD Richardson in 'The Pig - Its Origins and Varieties' seem to conclude that it was derived from crossing the original Gloucestershire pig - a large, off-white variety with wattles hanging from its neck, with the unimproved Berkshire, a sandy-coloured prick-eared pig with spots.

The Week's Rare Breed - Gloucester Old Spot Pig 2007

This ungraceful fashion was universal at the time, and partly led to the nicknames of roundheads, prick-eared curs, and so forth, which the insolence of the cavaliers liberally bestowed on their political enemies.

A Legend of Montrose 2008

Without any heed of the cares that are coming, or the prick-eared fears of the elders, a fine lot of young bunnies with tails on the frisk scour everywhere over the warren.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Forteune set out at once, carrying my gun, Selim followed me, and the rear was brought up by a couple of little prick-eared curs with a dash of the pointer, probably from St. Helena: the people will pay as much as ten dollars for a good dog.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Long-snouted and prick-eared like a dog, anyway, but a terrible dog, staring arrogantly, with more than a dog's knowing, into distances beyond human sight, beyond human knowing.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

Long-snouted and prick-eared like a dog, anyway, but a terrible dog, staring arrogantly, with more than a dog's knowing, into distances beyond human sight, beyond human knowing.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

All sat down in a semi-circle before us, six or seven deep in front and four or five at the sides: the women and children took their places in the rear, and one of them fondled a prick-eared cur with an attempt at a ribbon round its neck.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003