bloodhoundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblʌd.haʊnd/us/ˈblʌd.haʊnd/a large dog that has a very good ability to smell things, and is used for hunting animals or finding people who are lost
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Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- basset hound
- beagle
- bird dog
- doggy
- fox terrier
- foxhound
- German shepherd
- golden retriever
- mongrel
- mutt
- Pekinese
- pit bull terrier
- pooch
- St Bernard
- terrier
- tracker dog
- vixen
- whelp
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Examples from literature
- Even the barking of the bloodhounds was heard but seldom, and then far in the distance.
- He's cocker spaniel and bloodhound, and he knows things, that dog.
- I'll bet her pa's got the Law out combing the woods with bloodhounds!
- The dogs I saw were all mongrels with sometimes a retriever, bloodhound or Great Dane strain.
- We found the dogs in the stable, and I recalled the deep baying of the night when a fine bloodhound and two great Danes leaped out to greet us.