borzoi
noun
any of a breed of tall, slender dogs having long, silky hair, raised originally in Russia for hunting wolves.
borzois
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pluralof borzoi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After a brief exposure, she declared that borzois were “cowardly, stupid, disloyal, and full of self-pity” and switched to Yorkshire terriers.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
Living in a spacious house close by the much smaller one in which they spent their runaway honeymoon, the Ludwigs now share it with their two children, many borzois and greyhounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
The terrified wolf pressed back her ears and tried to rise, but the borzois stuck to her.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
The borzois jumped up, jerking the rings of the leashes and pricking their ears.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
He took a dozen bounds, not very quickly, letting the borzois gain on him, and, finally having chosen his direction and realized his danger, laid back his ears and rushed off headlong.
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
