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English Dictionary: hunting dog by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hunting dog
n
  1. a dog used in hunting game
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. {Hyenas}. [L. hyaena, Gr. [?], orig., a
      sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr.
      [?] hog: cf. F. hy[8a]ne. See {Sow} female hog.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any carnivorous mammal of the family {Hy[91]nid[91]}, of
      which three living species are known. They are large and
      strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are
      nocturnal in their habits. [Written also {hy[91]na}.]
  
      Note: The striped hyena ({Hy[91]na striata}) inhabits
               Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown
               hyena ({H. brunnea}), and the spotted hyena ({Crocuta
               maculata}), are found in Southern Africa. The extinct
               cave hyena ({H. spel[91]a}) inhabited England and
               France.
  
      {Cave hyena}. See under {Cave}.
  
      {Hyena dog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African canine animal
            ({Lycaon venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at
            night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very
            large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish
            or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called
            also {hunting dog}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n.
      The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.
  
      {Happy hunting grounds}, the region to which, according to
            the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and
            hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and
            feasting. --Tylor.
  
      {Hunting box}. Same As {Hunting lodge} (below).
  
      {Hunting cat} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting cog} (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared
            wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number
            in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting
            of the same pairs of teeth.
  
      {Hunting dog} (Zo[94]l.), the hyena dog.
  
      {Hunting ground}, a region or district abounding in game;
            esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American
            Indians in search of game.
  
      {Hunting horn}, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See
            {Horn}, and {Bulge}.
  
      {Hunting leopard} (Zo[94]l.), the cheetah.
  
      {Hunting lodge}, a temporary residence for the purpose of
            hunting.
  
      {Hunting seat}, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
  
      {Hunting shirt}, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of
            leather.
  
      {Hunting spider} (Zo[94]l.), a spider which hunts its prey,
            instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
  
      {Hunting watch}. See {Hunter}, 6.
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