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deerhound

/dˈɪɹhaʊnd/ noun

a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer

Word Origin Deerhound combines deer and hound. Interestingly, deer originally meant any wild animal (Old English dēor), and only later narrowed to the specific ruminant. Hound is from Old English hund, related to Latin canis (canine) and Greek kyon. So a deerhound is literally an 'animal-dog', a dog for hunting wild animals. The same hound root gives us greyhound, bloodhound, and wolfhound.

noun a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer countable

The deerhound gracefully chased after the deer.

(名词) 猎鹿犬；苏格兰猎鹿犬 【猎鹿犬（苏格兰培育的大型猎犬）】

猎鹿犬优雅地追逐着鹿。

(sustantivo) galgo escocés; lebrel escocés; deerhound [un perro, parecido a un galgo grande, criado originalmente en Escocia para cazar ciervos]

El lebrel escocés persiguió con gracia al ciervo.

(nom) lévrier écossais; deerhound [Chien de chasse d'origine écossaise, ressemblant à un grand lévrier, élevé pour la chasse au cerf.]

Le lévrier écossais (deerhound) a poursuivi le cerf avec grâce.

(Substantiv) Schottischer Hirschhund; Deerhound [Ein Hund, der dem Greyhound ähnelt, aber größer ist und ursprünglich in Schottland zur Hirschjagd gezüchtet wurde.]

Der **deerhound** verfolgte elegant den Hirsch.

(名詞) スコットランドで鹿狩り用に作出された、大型グレイハウンドに似た犬種の犬

ディアハウンドは優美に鹿を追いかけた。

(substantivo) lébrel escocês; deerhound [cão parecido com um galgo grande, originalmente criado na Escócia para a caça ao cervo]

O deerhound perseguiu o cervo com graça.

Synonyms: Scottish deerhound greyhound hound hunting dog stag-hound
Word parts: deer + hound

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