COONHOUND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons

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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)