hunting dog

English

Noun

hunting dog (plural hunting dogs)

2. Any type of domestic dog that is used by humans as an aid in hunting; any individual of such a breed, especially one that does hunting work, but also any pet of such a breed.

   Hypernyms: dog < mammal < animal

   Hyponyms: (broad categories) bird dog, gun dog, hound, pointer, retriever, scent hound, scenthound, setter, spaniel, terrier; (scent hound types) bloodhound, dachshund; (retriever types) Golden Retriever, Labrador retriever, other retrievers; (spaniel types) cocker spaniel, springer spaniel, other spaniels; (terrier types) Boston terrier, rat terrier, other terriers

   Cookie lives in the suburbs and is seldom off her leash, but as a hunting dog, she's got that natural predisposition to get into the underbrush!

4. Ellipsis of African hunting dog: a wild dog named for its hunting prowess; like all wild dogs, it hunts prey.

   Hypernyms: wild dog < dog < mammal < animal

Derived terms

• African hunting dog
• Cape hunting dog

Translations

Translations

• Abkhaz: алашәараца (alaŝʷaraca)
• Adyghe: шэкӏуахь (šɛkʷʼaḥ), хьэджашъу (ḥɛdžašʷu)
• Avestan: 𐬯𐬞𐬁𐬥𐬆𐬨⸱ 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬆𐬨 (spānəm. ta^urunəm)
• Catalan: gos de caça m, gos caçador m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 獵犬 / 猎犬 (lip⁶ hyun²), 獵狗 / 猎狗 (lip⁶ gau²), 走狗 (zau² gau²)

  Mandarin: 獵犬 / 猎犬 (zh) (lièquǎn), 獵狗 / 猎狗 (zh) (liègǒu), 走狗 (zh) (zǒugǒu), 攆山狗 / 撵山狗 (zh)

  Xiang: 趕山狗 / 赶山狗 (gan³ san¹ gou³)

• Danish: jagthund c
• Dutch: jachthond (nl) m
• Finnish: metsästyskoira (fi), jahtikoira
• French: chien de chasse (fr) m
• Galician: can de caza (gl) m
• German: Jagdhund (de) m
• Greek: κυνηγόσκυλο (el) n (kynigóskylo)
• Hindi: आखेटक (hi) m (ākheṭak)
• Hungarian: vadászkutya (hu), vadászeb (hu)
• Ido: chasohundo (io)
• Irish: gadhar fiaigh m, madra seilge m
• Japanese: 猟犬 (ja) (りょうけん, ryōken)
• Khiamniungan Naga: ūhshàjī
• Korean: 사냥개 (ko) (sanyanggae)
• Old French: brachet m
• Plautdietsch: Jäajahunt m
• Polish: pies myśliwski m
• Romanian: câine de vânătoare m
• Russian: охо́тничий пёс m (oxótničij pjos)
• Spanish: perro de caza m
• Swedish: jakthund (sv) c
• Tagalog: ganid (tl)
• Ukrainian: мисливський пес m (myslyvsʹkyj pes), мисли́вський соба́ка m (myslývsʹkyj sobáka), мисли́вська соба́ка f (myslývsʹka sobáka)
• Vietnamese: chó săn (vi)
• Welsh: ci hela m, helgi m
• Yakut: булчут ыт (bulcut ıt)