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BLOODHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodhound mean? 

BLOODHOUND (noun)
  The noun BLOODHOUND has 1 sense:

1. a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in trackingplay

  Familiarity information: BLOODHOUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOODHOUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bloodhound; sleuthhound

Hypernyms ("bloodhound" is a kind of...):

hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)


 Context examples 


Nig, equally friendly, though less demonstrative, was a huge black dog, half bloodhound and half deerhound, with eyes that laughed and a boundless good nature.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

And Littimer had better have a bloodhound at his back, than little Mowcher!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The bloodhounds vainly quested on the lost trail.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A pack of bloodhounds followed the way of his bleeding feet.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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