Definition of "dachshund"

dachshund

/ˈdɑːksˌhʊnd/

noun
plural dachshunds or dachshunde
1. A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.
  Quotations
  Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.
  1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins
  We had decided to take a small dog for the children and we chose a tan, short-haired, six-week-old male dachshund. We named him Fritz.
  2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, page 35