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bloodhound

blood·hound

UK/ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ US/ˈblʌdhaʊnd/ uncommon archaic informal

noun

1.

a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

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