||Dachs"hund` (?), n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zoöl.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.

• A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk. Exists in miniature, long-haired, and short-haired varieties.
  

German
• basset
  
• dachshund