Spoor
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spʊə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spoor is a noun meaning The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
Meaning
The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To track (an animal) by following its spoor.
Example Sentences
Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
From the spoor, skilled trackers can deduce an individual's age, sex, physical condition, speed, and fatigue level, as well as the time of day it passed by.
We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.
Word Forms
- spoors
- spooring
- spoored
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include piste, spur, track, trackway, strain, tracksite.
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