foxhound

fox·hound  (fkshound)

n.

Any of various medium-sized short-haired hounds developed for fox hunting, especially either of two breeds, the English foxhound and the American foxhound.

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foxhound

Noun

a breed of short-haired terrier, originally kept for hunting foxes

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

foxhound - medium-sized glossy-coated hounds developed for hunting foxes hound, hound dog - any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears American foxhound - an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually Walker foxhound, Walker hound - an American breed of foxhound English foxhound - an English breed slightly larger than the American foxhounds originally used to hunt in packs