draghound

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draghound

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From drag + hound.

noun draghounds · drag-hound · drag hound

A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance. "Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds—no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent."

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@misc{draghound_2026,
  title = {draghound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/draghound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}