span ‧ iel /ˈspænjəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: espaignol 'Spaniard, spaniel' , from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus , from Latin Hispania 'Spain' ]
a type of dog with long ears that hang down
span ‧ iel /ˈspænjəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: espaignol 'Spaniard, spaniel' , from Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus , from Latin Hispania 'Spain' ]
a type of dog with long ears that hang down
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012