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Labrador vs. retriever

Labrador

[ lab-ruh-dawr ]
noun
  1. a peninsula in northeastern North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
  2. the portion of Newfoundland in the eastern part of the peninsula. About 120,000 sq. mi. (310,800 sq. km).
  3. Labrador retriever.

retriever

[ ri-tree-ver ]
noun
  1. a person or thing that retrieves.
  2. one of any of several breeds of dogs having a coarse, thick, oily coat, trained to retrieve game.
  3. any dog trained to retrieve game.

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