newfoundland : Idioms & Phrases


newfoundland and labrador

  • noun a Canadian province on the island of Newfoundland and on the mainland along the coast of the Labrador Sea; became Canada's 10th province in 1949
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Newfoundland dog

  • noun a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland
    Newfoundland.
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  • (Zoöl.), a breed of large dogs, with shaggy hair, which originated in Newfoundland, noted for intelligence, docility, and swimming powers.
Webster 1913

newfoundland dwarf birch

  • noun small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
    Betula glandulosa; American dwarf birch.
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