labrador

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Lab=ra=dor

CIDE DICTIONARY

labrador, n. 

 A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland.  [1913 Webster]

Labrador duck (Zoöl.), a sea duck (Camtolaimus Labradorius) allied to the eider ducks. It was formerly common on the coast of New England, but is now supposed to be extinct, no specimens having been reported since 1878. -- Labrador feldspar. See Labradorite. -- Labrador tea (Bot.), a name of two low, evergreen shrubs of the genus Ledum (Ledum palustre and Ledum latifolium), found in Northern Europe and America. They are used as tea in British America, and in Scandinavia as a substitute for hops.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

labrador, n. (in full Labrador dog or retriever)
1 a retriever of a breed with a black or golden coat often used as a gun dog or as a guide for a blind person.
2 this breed.

Etymology

Labrador in Canada