Siberian husky

[ sahy-beer-ee-uhn huhs-kee ]

/ saɪˈbɪər i ən ˈhʌs ki /

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one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs: The calendar photo for March is a litter of six-week-old Siberian huskies.

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Origin of Siberian husky

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby Siberian husky

Siberia, Siberian, Siberian crab apple, Siberian forest cat, Siberian high, Siberian husky, Siberian larkspur, Siberian ruby, Siberian squill, Siberian wallflower, siberite

How to use Siberian husky in a sentence

"Our Siberian girls are admired more by Asian countries than by the West," Elite Stars school director Tatyana Fetisova told me.
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Some were as old as Dostoevsky, who wrote his House of the Dead in 1861 after four years in a Siberian prison camp.
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The Iberian versus Siberian debate followed the archeological gold trail from Kennewick back to Montana.
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Those Siberian winds are cold, and cold temperatures mean absurdly light powder.
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Once, visiting a Siberian factory, Putin famously presented a worker with a Swiss watch worth over $6,000.
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Husky crows awake in the pine trees, and doves under the temple eaves.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
Without any, sire; and it is to be feared that in a short time dispatches will no longer cross the Siberian frontier.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
It had become evident that a formidable rebellion threatened to wrest the Siberian provinces from the Russian crown.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
No iron ways lead from those precious mines which make the Siberian soil far richer below than above its surface.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The natives whom business called beyond the Siberian frontier could not leave the province for a time at least.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne