foxhoundnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒks.haʊnd/us/ˈfɑːks.haʊnd/a type of small dog with ears that hang down and short, smooth, usually black, white, and light brown fur
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Canines (dogs)
- Afghan hound
- Alsatian
- basset hound
- beagle
- bird dog
- dog
- doggy
- fox terrier
- 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
- His right hand is as delicate an organ as a foxhound's nose.
- Off in the woods a mile away sounded the deep, mellow tones of two foxhounds.
- Six foxhounds burst out at once upon the little heath, with a cry resembling the noise of a triumph.
- The baying of hounds, as if in 'full cry,' sounded closer and closer, and suddenly, out of the shadow of some trees, a number of foxhounds, running at full speed, appeared in the clear light of the moon.
- When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound.