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DEERHOUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deerhound mean?
• DEERHOUND (noun)
The noun DEERHOUND has 1 sense:
1. very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland
Familiarity information: DEERHOUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
deerhound; Scottish deerhound
Hypernyms ("deerhound" 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)
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