beardy
n.— «Mary Lott of Salem lives with three bouncing, busy “beardies,” as the breed is called by its fans. She’s afraid that people will see the trained dog on the screen—and the puppets that play the dog—and buy these shaggy dogs on impulse.» —“The high price of film fame” by Deb Wood The Oregonian (Portland) Mar. 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Many of us struggled with the Old English poem “Beowulf” in high school. But what if you could actually hear “Beowulf” in the English of today? There’s a new translation by Maria Dahvana Headley that uses contemporary...
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This term is also used for bearded dragons, a lizard native to central Australia.
http://www.tncbeardies.com/Care_Sheets.htm