🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

嗅覚ハウンド

Pronunciation / Transliteration: きゅうかくハウンド

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Scent-Hound/ˈsɛnt haʊnd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"嗅覚ハウンドは捜索活動において重要です。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of dog that is trained to track scents, particularly in hunting or search and rescue.

    "The bloodhound is a well-known scent-hound, famous for its incredible tracking abilities."
  2. 2

    Any breed of dog that relies primarily on its sense of smell to locate game or objects.

    "Scent-hounds are often used in law enforcement to find missing persons."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'scent-hound' combines 'scent', derived from the Old French 'sente', meaning 'to perceive', and 'hound', from the Old English 'hund', referring to a dog. This compound term emerged in the 19th century to describe dogs bred specifically for their ability to track scents.

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