HUNTING EXPEDITION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hunting expedition mean? 

• HUNTING EXPEDITION (noun)
  The noun HUNTING EXPEDITION has 1 sense:

1. an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUNTING EXPEDITION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

campaign; hunting expedition; safari

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

expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)

Domain region:

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)