STAGHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does staghound mean? 

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

1. a large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAGHOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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