"sighthound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sighthounds [plural]
Etymology: From sight + hound. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sight|hound|notext=1|type=endocentric}} sight + hound Head templates: {{en-noun}} sighthound (plural sighthounds)
  1. A hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance. Categories (lifeform): Sighthounds Synonyms: gazehound Derived forms: Italian sighthound Translations (Translations): leporhundo (Esperanto), vinttikoira (Finnish), chien d’arrêt [masculine] (French), lévrier [masculine] (French), Windhund [masculine] (German), agár (Hungarian), levriero [masculine] (Italian), за́гар (zágar) [masculine] (Macedonian), anjing pemburu penglihatan (Malay), chart [masculine] (Polish), борза́я (borzája) [feminine] (Russian), chrt (Slovak), lebrel [masculine] (Spanish), vinthund [common-gender] (Swedish), lebrel (Tagalog), хорт (xort) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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