vizsla

[vizh-lo]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized, powerful hunting dogs having a short, smooth, rusty-gold coat, a square muzzle, and a docked tail.

vizsla

/ ˈvɪʒlə /

noun

1. a breed of Hungarian hunting dog with a smooth rusty-gold coat

Word History and Origins

Origin of vizsla¹

1940–45; < Hungarian; akin to Serbo-Croatian vȉžao, Czech vyžle, vyžel, Polish wyżeł, Russian výzhlets; ultimately source and direction of transmission uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of vizsla¹

C20: named after Vizsla, Hungary

Example Sentences

The Hungarian vizsla is a red-coated sweetheart who will adore you so much, it’ll be hard to remember your ex’s name.

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Any age, sex, or breed of dog can be affected - though to date there have been more cases in Labradors, spaniels and Hungarian vizslas.

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There was a Labrador retriever, a Leonberger, a cavalier King Charles spaniel, a cavapoochon, a French bulldog, a wheaten terrier and two vizslas.

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Claire Guest, CEO of the U.K. organization Medical Detection Dogs, and her team first trained a Labrador retriever and a wirehaired vizsla to identify urine samples from prostate-cancer-positive and negative patients.

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Under an international research programme, a Labrador, Florin, and a vizsla, Midas, sniffed out the cancer's odour in urine samples from patients.

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