Deerhound Synonyms

dîrhound
Very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. scottish-deerhound

Words Related to Deerhound

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  2. otterhound
  3. bullmastiff
  4. pure-bred
  5. borzoi
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Deerhound Sentence Examples

  • The Scotch deerhound is a larger and heavier variety of the English greyhound, with rough and shaggy hair.

  • The Irish wolfhound is now extinct, but appears to have been a powerful race heavier than the deerhound but similar to it in general characters.

  • Two of the purest breeds at the present day are the Scottish deerhound and the Dalmatian (spotted carriage-dog), A deerhound after having seven pups to a Dalmatian was put to a dog of her own breed.

  • A similar result was obtained with a deerhound first mated with a retriever.

  • According to their breed standards, the tallest breeds are the Irish Wolfhound and the Scottish Deerhound.

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