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HUNTING EXPEDITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hunting expedition mean?
• HUNTING EXPEDITION (noun)
The noun HUNTING EXPEDITION has 1 sense:
1. an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
Familiarity information: HUNTING EXPEDITION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
campaign; hunting expedition; safari
Hypernyms ("hunting expedition" is a kind of...):
expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)
Domain region:
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
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