English

Noun

arson dog ‎(plural arson dogs)

1. A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate traces of accelerant at sites of a suspected arson.
   • 2006, Jenni Bidner, Dog Heroes: Saving Lives and Protecting America, page 98

     Identifying 1/1000th of a drop of 50 percent evaporated gasoline is an easy task for a well-trained arson dog.

Hypernyms

• police dog
• detection dog

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