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A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance..
"Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds—no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent."
"I've told them, I'm ready to be the first chairman of the Badsworth draghounds," Mr Beechey said. "I'm all for riding round the countryside, and it's just as enjoyable if you're chasing artificial scent."
There are also another 26 packs of draghounds and bloodhounds which exist purely to hunt a runner or trail.
Use draghound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Draghound means A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Pompey is the pride of the local draghounds—no very great flier, as his build will show, but a staunch hound on a scent."
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