sniffer dog

English

Noun

sniffer dog (plural sniffer dogs)

1. A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.

   Synonym: detection dog

   • 2022 March 9, “Network News: Sniffer dogs hired in fight to combat metal thefts in North West”, in RAIL, number 952, page 18:

     Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West.

Translations

police dog trained to sniff

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (for drug detection) 緝毒犬／缉毒犬 (zh) (jīdúquǎn), (for drug or explosive detection) 嗅探犬 (xiùtànquǎn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vainukoira (fi)
• French: chien de détection m
• German: Spürhund (de) m, Suchhund (de) m
• Italian: cane poliziotto m
• Japanese: 探知犬 (たんちけん, tanchiken, literally “detection dog”)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Malay:

  Jawi: انجيڠ ڤڠهيدو

  Rumi: anjing penghidu

• Portuguese: cão farejador m
• Russian: соба́ха-нюха́ч f (sobáxa-njuxáč), соба́ка-одоро́лог f (sobáka-odorólog), ище́йка (ru) f (iščéjka)
• Spanish: perro olfateador m
• Turkish: narkotik köpeği

References

• “sniffer dog”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.