bloodhound
bloodhound is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- act
- acute
- animal
- effluvium
- emanation
- essence
- exhalation
- exhale
- foul
- fragrance
- fume
- give
- graveolent
- have
- hound
- inhale
- nidor
- nidorous
- nose
- odor
- odorament
- odorant
- odoriferous
- odorous
- olfaction
- olfactory
- out
- pleasant
- pungent
- putrid
- quick-scented
- redolence
- redolent
- reek
- scent
- sense
- smell
- smelling
- sniff
- snuff
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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