A species of bloodhound, formerly employed in Scotland for pursuing game or tracking fugitives. Now Historical or archaic.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > bloodhound > kinds of (7) sleuth-hound1483 A species of bloodhound, formerly employed in Scotland for pursuing game or tracking fugitives. Now Historical or archaic. slot-hound1537 A sleuth-hound. sludden1570 A sleuth-hound. slow-hound1591 A bloodhound or similar dog (identified as a distinct type) used for its ability to track game or fugitives by scent; = sleuth-hound, n. 1. Spartan dog1600 etc., a kind of bloodhound. Also figurative. slough-dog1774 = sleuth-hound, n. 1. track-hound1888 a hound capable of following a track, a sleuth-hound. |
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