Definition of "borzoi" []

• Any of a breed of tall, slender dogs having a narrow, pointed head and a silky, predominantly white coat, originally developed in Russia for hunting wolves. Also called Russian wolfhound. (noun)

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• "Running over a borzoi with my Volkswagen would not have prepared me for helping a veterinarian treat a dog who ran into traffic."
• "So next morning I am in wet Carmarthen High Street, awaiting sight of a black borzoi nose held low."
• "Every breed of dog, from dachshund to Dalmatian, from boxer to borzoi, from poodle to Pekinese, from Great Dane to chihuahua, has been carved, chiselled, kneaded, moulded, not literally as flesh and bone but in its gene pool."