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Word entry · 10 letters

bloodhound

Best crossword clue

"Tracking dog breed"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈblʌd.haʊnd/Part of speech nounSorted bddhlnooouStarts with BEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

Used in a sentence

  • Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds.

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