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Small hunting dog
Answer for the clue "Small hunting dog ", 6 letters:
beagle
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Word definitions for beagle in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small short-legged smooth-coated breed of hound
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dog \Dog\ (d[o^]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] (Zo["o]l.) A quadruped of the genus Canis , esp. the domestic dog ( Canis familiaris ). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, ...
Usage examples of beagle.
There was a second call for Pewamo as Villiers, in search of Torve, came upon Admiral Beagle jumping up and down and yelling about barbarism, and Torve blandly nodding in time to his jumps.
Admiral Beagle looked at Torve with considerable suspicion, but made no objection to his departure.
His wife having given him permission, Admiral Beagle fancied himself a strong man, and he sometimes passed for one outside her company.
Admiral Beagle arrived on Binkin Island in the afternoon shuttle from Pewamo Central.
It took Admiral Beagle twenty minutes to negotiate the mile to the resort, and when he came up the last hill, his case a heavy weight in his hand, his heart and lungs and legs all feeling strain, for the moment his attention was diverted from thoughts of redress and retribution.
A little man with a gray mustache and matching sweater was sitting and rocking on the veranda when Admiral Beagle took the steps.
Admiral Beagle, who made conversational points with his feet that other men make with voice or hands, nudged him with a shoe.
When the silence had grown long enough, Admiral Beagle, who was not altogether a dull man, got the point.
When he turned again, Villiers was nowhere in sight and Admiral Beagle was approaching.
Admiral Beagle was intermittently visible through trees below and to their right.
So Admiral Beagle found himself walking through the shadowed grass, feeling ponderous, seething, but keeping tally.
As he joined them, Admiral Beagle looked back over his shoulder at Torve.
Villiers was standing uncomfortably close to Admiral Beagle as he spoke.
Admiral Beagle had flinched when Villiers had made his presentations and that had not escaped notice.
At last, slowly, Admiral Beagle rose from behind his rocks, and apprehension, curiosity and wonder were reaffirmed.