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Definition of Hunting dog
1. Noun. A dog used in hunting game.
Specialized synonyms: Courser, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Hound, Hound Dog, Badger Dog, Dachshund, Dachsie, Terrier, Gun Dog, Sporting Dog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunting Dog
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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