Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - collie
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n. 1 a sheepdog orig. of a Scottish breed, with a long pointed nose and usu. dense long hair. 2 this breed. Etymology: perh. f. coll COAL (as being orig. black) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(collies) A collie or a collie dog is a dog with long hair and a long, narrow nose. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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- 1651, possibly from dial. coaly "coal-black," the color of some breeds ((cf. colley "sheep with black face and legs," attested from 1793; M.E. colfox "coal-fox," a variety of fox with tail and both ears tipped with black; and colley Somerset dialectal name for "blackbird"). Or from Scand. proper name Colle, known to have been applied to dogs; or from a convergence of the two. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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