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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dog of a medium-sized breed developed from the American pit bull terrier, having a muscular body, broad head with powerful jaws, short stiff coat, and black nose. It is often referred to as a pit bull.
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- noun American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After the Staffordshire bull terrier, the breed from which the American Staffordshire terrier was developed.]
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