Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun water_dog

2 senses of water dog

Sense 1
water dog, water rat -- (a person who enjoys being in or on the water)
       => sailor, crewman -- (any member of a ship's crew)

Sense 2
water dog -- (a dog accustomed to water and usually trained to retrieve waterfowl)
       => sporting dog, gun dog -- (a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns)


1 sense of waterdog

Sense 1
waterdog -- (any of several large aquatic salamanders)
       => ambystomid, ambystomid salamander -- (small to moderate-sized terrestrial or semiaquatic New World salamander)