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HUNTING DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hunting dog mean? 

HUNTING DOG (noun)
  The noun HUNTING DOG has 1 sense:

1. a dog used in hunting gameplay

  Familiarity information: HUNTING DOG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUNTING DOG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A dog used in hunting game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hunting dog" is a kind of...):

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hunting dog"):

courser (a dog trained for coursing)

Rhodesian ridgeback (a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine)

hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)

badger dog; dachshund; dachsie (small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows)

terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)

gun dog; sporting dog (a dog trained to work with sportsmen when they hunt with guns)


 Context examples 


The German Shorthaired Pointer is a clean-cut, well-balanced, hunting dog with a chiseled head and large nose.

(German Shorthaired Pointer, NCI Thesaurus)



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