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A river horse about to bite a hunting animal
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deerhound
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Word definitions for deerhound in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland [syn: Scottish deerhound ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deerhound \Deer"hound`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer
Usage examples of deerhound.
A small figure in black fur shot out of the church porch like a deerhound unleashed.
She spent nights away even when the lad was in his cradle, forcing Harald to send a deerhound pup for protection.
Earl of Montrose, Gerek Gunn fled the city of Edinburgh, his black stallion pounding beneath him and his deerhound, a great-great grandson of Dubh, running at his side.
The deerhound kept pace with the horse, reacting to the same whistle with the same amount of intensity.
A maid will see to her comforts and Dubh, my deerhound, will protect her.
The deerhound loped along beside them but Dinks had gone off somewhere again.
Dinks growled at Tristan, while the deerhound seemed to be studying Meryl.
An English yacht, the Deerhound, kept an offing of about a mile, ready to rescue survivors from a watery grave.
But, when they heard the Alabama was really going out, he put the question to the vote around the breakfast-table, whereupon it was carried unanimously that the Deerhound should go too.
There was a rustle in the thicket, horse and deerhound pricked up their ears, and then ran pursued by flying arrows.
The drawbridge was yet down, for a small party of men-at-arms had just been admitted, and across it rushed boy, and horse, and dog before the warder had time to wind his horn: the horse and rider unharmed, but the deerhound wounded.
The deerhound is a dog of marvellous swiftness, and, like an arrow from the bow, Fleetfoot shot across the open space and gained the wood.
I have no mind to have hand or foot lopped off that so a deerhound may have his fill of partridges.
The large deerhound immediately sat, and the child stroked his rough gray coat.
Trey, their deerhound, whined and pushed at their legs, but they barely noticed.