💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Covert hound"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| covert-houndnoun | Alternative form of covert hound. [a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd] |
| coverthoundnoun | Alternative form of covert hound. [a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd] |
| buckhoundnoun | (UK) A hound for deer hunting. |
| sleuthhoundnoun | (informal) A detective; a sleuth. |
| greyhoundnoun | A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing. |
| coursernoun | A swift horse; a racehorse or a charger. |
| hunternoun | One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman. |
| packhoundnoun | Alternative form of pack hound. [A dog of any breed used to assist hunters as part of a pack.] |
| stalking horsenoun | (idiomatic, politics) A candidate put forward to serve a hidden, ulterior purpose in a political campaign, such as testing the field for another potential candidate by gauging voter sentiment or covertly helping another candidate by attracting voters away from a third candidate. |
| bearhoundnoun | A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting. |
| dogdrawnoun | (UK, obsolete) The pursuit of deer with a dog. |
| sheepdognoun | Any of various breeds of dog used for herding sheep; an individual of such a breed. |
| drag-houndnoun | Alternative form of draghound. [A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance.] |
| boarhoundnoun | A large dog, descended from breeds originally used to hunt boars. |
| cattle dognoun | A type of dog, used for droving cattle |
| huntnoun | The act of hunting. |
| herding dognoun | A dog, such as the various shepherd breeds, that are bred for working cattle, sheep, or other livestock. |
| shepherd dognoun | A sheepdog; (loosely) any herding dog. |
| drag huntnoun | A horseback chase which uses hounds and is similar to a fox hunt, except that the dogs do not pursue a live animal but, rather, follow a trail created by dragging a scent along a regular, predefined course which is designed to allow sustained riding at high speed. |
| stalking-horsenoun | Alternative form of stalking horse. [(dated, hunting) A horse used as cover by a hunter stalking game.] |
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