spoor

spoor (sp

The track or trail of an animal, especially a wild animal.

v. spoored, spoor·ing, spoors

tr. & intr.v.

To track (an animal) by following its spoor or to engage in such tracking.

[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

spoor [spʊə spɔː]

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) the trail of an animal or person, esp as discernible to the human eye

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to track (an animal) by following its trail

[from Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch spor; related to Old English spor track, Old High German spor; see spur]

spoorer n

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Noun

spoor - the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"

trail - a track or mark left by something that has passed; "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"

Translations

spoor [spʊəʳ] N → pista f, rastro m

spoor [ˈspʊə^r] n [animal] → traces fpl

spoor [spʊəʳ] n → traccia, pista

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He sought and found a wide game trail and at last his nostrils were rewarded with the scent of the fresh spoor of Bara, the deer.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Across the yielding moss of the sea-bottom there had been no spoor to follow, for the soft pads of the thoat but pressed down in his swift passage the resilient vegetation which sprang up again behind his fleeting feet, leaving no sign.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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