spaniel has definitions from the fields of zoology,arms
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[ noun ] (zoology,arms) any of several breeds of small to medium-sized gun dogs with a long silky coat and long frilled ears

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

Mr._Skyros was not a man who thought very_much about moral_principles ; he found money much more interesting ; but all_the_same he thought now , uneasily , of the way in which Angelo earned his living - and paid for his own stuff - and eyed the soft smile , and the spaniel like dark eyes , and he felt a_little ill .

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