Definition of Hunting dog

1. Noun. A dog used in hunting game.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunting Dog

hunter green
hunter greens
hunteress
hunters
huntest
hunteth
hunting
hunting-crop
hunting-crops
hunting-horn
hunting-horns
hunting and gathering society
hunting and gathering tribe
hunting and pecking
hunting crop
hunting dog (current term)
hunting expedition
hunting ground
hunting guide
hunting horn
hunting horns
hunting knife
hunting knives
hunting licence
hunting license
hunting lodge
hunting lodges
hunting permit
hunting phenomenon
hunting pink

Literary usage of Hunting dog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Behavior: An Introduction to Comparative Psychology by John Broadus Watson (1914)
"Romanes' test of the hunting dog.—Difficulties in the way of explaining the hunting behavior of dogs.—Experiments on the olfactory sensitivity of birds. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Translated for <A Library of the World's Best Literature > by H. \VP EPITAPH ON A FAVORITE HUNTING-DOG (ATTRIBUTED TO PETRONIUS ARBITER) NATIVE of Gaul was ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"(AETW) hunting dog (Lycaon ... The species is nearly as large as a mastiff, with long limbs, broad Cape hunting dog (Lycaon pictus). flat head, short muzzle ..."

4. Hunting Dogs: Describes in a Practical Manner the Training, Handling by Oliver Hartley (1909)
"THE NIGHT hunting dog — HIS ANCESTRY. DOGS of almost any breed, from the nondescript mongrel to the bred and developed hound may be taught to hunt in the ..."

5. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"CAPE HUNTING-DOG (Lycaon p ictus}. origin is proved by the occurrence of remains of an extinct species in the Glamorganshire caves. ..."

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