bloodhound has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

Synonyms

sleuthhound

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Finding him dead , Cook caught Russell 's horse and rode to the cattle foreman 's house to report the incident and request bloodhounds to trail the assassins .

Related terms

hound

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