ELKHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elkhound mean? 

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

1. breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELKHOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

elkhound; Norwegian elkhound

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

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