COONHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coonhound mean? 

• COONHOUND (noun)
  The noun COONHOUND has 1 sense:

1. any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COONHOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coonhound"):

coondog (any dog trained to hunt raccoons)

black-and-tan coonhound (American breed of large powerful hound dogs used for hunting raccoons and other game)