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HUNTING DOG

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dog used in hunting gameplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hunting dog" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hunting dog"):

courser (a dog trained for coursing)

Rhodesian ridgeback (a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine)

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

badger dog; dachshund; dachsie (small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows)

terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)

gun dog; sporting dog (a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns)

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