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Definition of Basset hound
1. Noun. Smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears.
Definition of Basset hound
1. Noun. a short-legged breed of dog of the hound family ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Basset hound
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Literary usage of Basset hound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Variation in Animals and Plants by Horace Middleton Vernon (1903)
"... twins—Transplantation of ova in the rabbit—Law of Ancestral Heredity in man
and in the basset hound—Regression towards mediocrity—Exclusive inheritance. ..."
2. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"THE BASSET-HOUND. IN this handsome hound we have another example of the naturalisation
of a foreign dog in this country. A quarter of a century ago he was a ..."
3. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"Head, 20; ears, 10; eyes and expression, 10; body, 15; hindquarters, 10; legs
and feet, 20; stern, 5; coat, 10. Total, 100. THE basset hound These ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"One of the most prominent of these is the basset hound, which, some twenty years
ago, Mr., now Sir, Everett Millais, Bart., was instrumental in introducing ..."
5. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"THE BASSET-HOUND. ... should imagine that dachshunds (a later off-shoot of the
Flemish basset-hound) entered as little into the philosophy of Du Fouilloux ..."
6. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1898)
"The danger of too much showing is well displayed in the basset hound of to-day,
... The basset hound Club lately made an effort to remedy this by passing a ..."
7. British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation by William D. Drury (1903)
"CHAPTER XXII THE BASSET-HOUND SINCE the time of the gentleman who at one time
wrote over the nom de guerre of " Snapshot," and who is better known to the ..."
8. American Kennel Register: A Monthly Record (1885)
"Best collection of Yorkshires, Argyle Kennels. Best Irish terrier, Erin.
Best Italian greyhound, Fanny. Best basset hound, Nemours. Best toy dog, Dixey II. ..."
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