arson dog

arson dog (plural arson dogs)

1. A dog trained to use its sense of smell to locate traces of accelerant at sites of a suspected arson.
   • 2006, Jenni Bidner, Dog Heroes: Saving Lives and Protecting America, page 98:

     Identifying 1/1000th of a drop of 50 percent evaporated gasoline is an easy task for a well-trained arson dog.

• police dog
• detection dog

• dragoons, gadroons