Deerhound

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
  2. 2
    very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland wordnet

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doghoundscottish deerhoundscottish deerhoundstaghoundstaghound

Etymology

From Middle English *deerhound, *deerehund, from Old English *dēorhund (attested in hēahdēorhund (“stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game”)), equivalent to deer + hound.

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