sighthound

English

Etymology

From sight +‎ hound.

Noun

sighthound (plural sighthounds)

A hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance.
Synonym: gazehound

Coordinate term: scent hound

Derived terms

Italian sighthound

Translations

Translations

Esperanto: leporhundo
Finnish: vinttikoira (fi)
French: chien d’arrêt (fr) m, lévrier (fr) m
German: Windhund (de) m
Hungarian: agár (hu)
Italian: levriero m
Macedonian: за́гар m (zágar)
Malay: anjing pemburu penglihatan
Polish: chart (pl) m
Russian: борза́я (ru) f (borzája)
Slovak: chrt (sk)
Spanish: lebrel (es) m
Swedish: vinthund (sv) c
Tagalog: lebrel
Ukrainian: хорт (uk) m (xort)

Further reading

sighthound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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