"bowhunt" meaning in English

See bowhunt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bowhunts [present, singular, third-person], bowhunting [participle, present], bowhunted [participle, past], bowhunted [past]
Etymology: bow + hunt, or back-formation from bowhunting. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bow|hunt}} bow + hunt Head templates: {{en-verb}} bowhunt (third-person singular simple present bowhunts, present participle bowhunting, simple past and past participle bowhunted)
  1. To hunt game using a bow and arrow.

Inflected forms

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