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BOARHOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boarhound mean?
• BOARHOUND (noun)
The noun BOARHOUND has 1 sense:
1. large hound used in hunting wild boars
Familiarity information: BOARHOUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large hound used in hunting wild boars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("boarhound" is a kind of...):
hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)
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