retriever

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

retriever
    n 1: a dog with heavy water-resistant coat that can be trained
         to retrieve game

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Retriever \Re*triev"er\, n.
   1. One who retrieves.
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   2. (Zool.) A dor, or a breed of dogs, chiefly employed to
      retrieve, or to find and recover game birds that have been
      killed or wounded.
      [1913 Webster]