sighthound

English

Etymology

From sight +‎ hound.

Noun

sighthound (plural sighthounds)

1. 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