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noun
A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hound, hound dog
Narrower terms: borzoi, Russian wolfhound, Irish wolfhound
History
Compound of wolf + hound.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
