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Schnauzer
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A Schnauzer (/ˈʃnaʊzər, ˈʃnaʊtsər/ SHNOW-zər, SHNOWT-sər, German: [ˈʃnaʊtsɐ] ⓘ; plural Schnauzer, German: [ˈʃnaʊ̯t͡sɐ] ⓘ; lit. 'snouter') is a dog breed type that originated in Germany from the 14th to 16th centuries.[1][2][3] The term comes from the German word for "snout" and means colloquially "moustache",[4] or "whiskered snout",[1] because of the dog's distinctively bearded snout.[5] Initially it was called Wire-Haired Pinscher, while Schnauzer was adopted in 1879.[1][6]
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