FOXHOUND

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("foxhound" 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 "foxhound"):

American foxhound (an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually)

Walker foxhound; Walker hound (an American breed of foxhound)

English foxhound (an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs)