Crossword clues for elkhound
The Collaborative International Dictionary
elkhound \elk"hound\ ([e^]lk"hound), n. a breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy gray coat developed in Norway for hunting elk.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk. 2 Any Scandinavian breed of dog bred to hunt elk.
WordNet
n. breed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy gray coat developed in Norway for hunting elk [syn: Norwegian elkhound]
Wikipedia
Elkhounds are a group of Fennoscandian dog breeds belonging to the Spitz-type dogs and used for hunting elk/moose and other large animals.
Belonging to this group are among others:
- Gray Norwegian Elkhound, also simply known as Norwegian Elkhound,
- Black Norwegian Elkhound
- Hällefors Elkhound
- Jämthund, also simply known as Swedish Elkhound,
- Swedish White Elkhound.
Usage examples of "elkhound".
A direwolf large as any elkhound, lean and smoke-dark, with eyes like molten gold.
Irish elkhound slinking along silently beside an elegant child of whom he was privately terrified.
Their efforts brought an end to the neglect, abuse, and suffering of more than a hundred Alaskan malamutes, golden retrievers, Norwegian elkhounds, Samoyeds, Siberian huskies, and dogs of numerous other breeds.
Presently, a four-legged animal the size of a Norwegian elkhound came around a low hill.
They worked at a pet hotel where someone had left a gorgeous Norwegian elkhound and never came back for him.