hunting dog

English

Noun

hunting dog (plural hunting dogs)

2. Any type of domestic dog that is used by humans as an aid in hunting; any individual of such a breed, especially one that does hunting work, but also any pet of such a breed.

   Hypernyms: dog, < mammal, < animal

   Hyponyms: (broad categories) bird dog, gun dog, hound, pointer, retriever, scent hound, scenthound, setter, spaniel, terrier; (scent hound types) bloodhound, dachshund; (retriever types) Golden Retriever, Labrador retriever, other retrievers; (spaniel types) cocker spaniel, springer spaniel, other spaniels; (terrier types) Boston terrier, rat terrier, other terriers

   Fida is a great hunting dog, which any healthy spaniel is apt to be. She's not gunshy, and she just loves getting into that underbrush!

   Cookie lives in the suburbs and is seldom off her leash, but as a hunting dog, she's got that natural predisposition to get into that underbrush!

4. Ellipsis of African hunting dog: a wild dog named for its hunting prowess; like all wild dogs, it hunts prey.

   Hypernyms: wild dog, < dog, < mammal, < animal

Derived terms

• African hunting dog
• Cape hunting dog

 

Translations

Translations

• Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬥𐬆𐬨⸱ 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬆𐬨 (spānəm. ta^urunəm)
• Catalan: gos de caça m, gos caçador m
• Danish: jagthund c
• Dutch: jachthond (nl) m
• Finnish: metsästyskoira (fi), jahtikoira
• French: chien de chasse (fr) m
• Galician: can de caza (gl) m
• German: Jagdhund (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (el) n (kynigóskylo)
• Hungarian: vadászkutya (hu), vadászeb (hu)
• Ido: chasohundo (io)
• Irish: gadhar fiaigh m, madra seilge m
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūhshàjī
• Old French: brachet m
• Plautdietsch: Jäajahunt m
• Polish: pies myśliwski m
• Romanian: câine de vânătoare m
• Russian: охо́тничий пёс m (oxótničij pjos)
• Spanish: perro de caza m
• Swedish: jakthund (sv) c
• Tagalog: ganid (tl)
• Ukrainian: мисливський пес m (myslyvsʹkyj pes), мисли́вський соба́ка m (myslývsʹkyj sobáka), мисли́вська соба́ка f (myslývsʹka sobáka)
• Vietnamese: chó săn (vi)
• Welsh: ci hela m, helgi m