Phrase guide

hunting dog

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any type of domestic dog that is used by humans as an aid in hunting; any individual of such a breed, especially one that does hunting work, but also any pet of such a breed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Cookie lives in the suburbs and is seldom off her leash, but as a hunting dog, she's got that natural predisposition to get into the underbrush!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dog, mammal, animal

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noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of African hunting dog, a wild dog named for its hunting prowess; like all wild dogs, it hunts prey.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild dog, dog, mammal, animal

3

noun

Meaning 3

a dog used in hunting game

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris

Narrower terms: courser, Rhodesian ridgeback, hound, hound dog, dachshund, dachsie, badger dog, terrier, sporting dog, gun dog

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: алашәараца (alaŝwaraca) — Translations
  • Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬥𐬆𐬨⸱ 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬆𐬨 (spānəm. taurunəm) — Translations
  • Catalan: gos de caça — Translations
  • Catalan: gos caçador — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 獵犬 /猎犬 (lip6 hyun2) — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 獵狗 /猎狗 (lip6 gau2) — Translations
  • Chinese Cantonese: 走狗 (zau2 gau2) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獵犬 /猎犬 (lièquǎn) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獵狗 /猎狗 (liègǒu) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 走狗 (zǒugǒu) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 攆山狗 /撵山狗 — Translations
  • Xiang Chinese: 趕山狗 /赶山狗 (gan3 san1 gou3) — Translations
  • West Circassian: шэкӏуахь (šɛkwʼaḥ) — Translations
  • West Circassian: хьэджашъу (ḥɛdžašwu) — Translations
  • Danish: jagthund — Translations
  • Dutch: jachthond — Translations
  • Finnish: metsästyskoira — Translations
  • Finnish: jahtikoira — Translations
  • French: chien de chasse — Translations
  • Old French: brachet — Translations
  • Galician: can de caza — Translations
  • German: Jagdhund — Translations
  • Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (kynigóskylo) — Translations
  • Hindi: आखेटक (ākheṭak) — Translations
  • Hungarian: vadászkutya — Translations
  • Hungarian: vadászeb — Translations
  • Ido: chasohundo — Translations
  • Irish: gadhar fiaigh — Translations
  • Irish: madra seilge — Translations
  • Japanese: 猟犬 (ryōken) — Translations
  • Korean: 사냥개 (sanyanggae) — Translations
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ūhshàjī — Translations
  • Plautdietsch: Jäajahunt — Translations
  • Polish: pies myśliwski — Translations
  • Romanian: câine de vânătoare — Translations
  • Russian: охо́тничий пёс (oxótničij pjos) — Translations
  • Spanish: perro de caza — Translations
  • Swedish: jakthund — Translations
  • Tagalog: ganid — Translations
  • Turkish: av köpeği — Translations
  • Ukrainian: мисливський пес (myslyvsʹkyj pes) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: мисли́вський соба́ка (myslývsʹkyj sobáka) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: мисли́вська соба́ка (myslývsʹka sobáka) — Translations
  • Vietnamese: chó săn — Translations
  • Welsh: ci hela — Translations
  • Welsh: helgi — Translations
  • Yakut: булчут ыт (bulčut ït) — Translations