Shiba Inu

American  

[shee-buh ee-noo] / ˈʃi bə ˈi nu /

noun

1. one of a Japanese breed of small to medium-sized dogs having a coarse outer coat of usually red, black and tan, or cream color with a light belly and facial markings, and a long, bushy tail that curls over its back, originally bred for hunting.

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Example Sentences

The mother - a stray Shiba Inu now named Fern - was seen wandering for several weeks near Peterborough in November, before local residents finally managed to catch her.

From BBC

"Because of the brilliant support from Japanese Shiba Inu Rescue UK, we already have a large pool of breed-experienced applicants for both Fern and the puppies, so we aren't taking new expressions of interest for this litter or for Fern," said Ms Pollen.

From BBC

His wife was downstairs with the family dog, a Shiba Inu named Taro.

From Literature

I had no trouble comprehending that some people on the internet had developed a coin inspired by a picture of a Shiba Inu, or that it came to be called Doge, or that Dogecoin 1 got popular enough to reach a nominal market capitalization of more than $70 billion.

From Slate

The coins can be traced back to 2013, when software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer launched dogecoin, a digital currency based on a meme involving a Shiba Inu dog.

From Salon