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foxhound

foxhound noun: any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.

Noun (1)

foxhound (plural foxhounds)

  1. Any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.

Noun (2) capitalized: Foxhound

Foxhound (plural Foxhounds)

  1. (NATO reporting name) The Soviet MiG 31 aircraft.

foxhound meaning in Tamil and Malay

foxhound in Tamil

வேட்டைநாய்

foxhound in Malay

type of dog
anjing pemburu rubah

Forms of foxhound

pluralfoxhounds
pluralFoxhounds

Origin of foxhound

From fox + hound.

Phrases with foxhound

Questions about foxhound

What does foxhound mean?
Foxhound means any of several medium-sized breeds of dog developed for hunting.
What is foxhound in Tamil?
Foxhound in Tamil is வேட்டைநாய். See Foxhound meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is foxhound?
Foxhound is a noun.
What is the plural of foxhound?
The plural of foxhound is foxhounds.

Words near foxhound in the dictionary

  1. foxhole radios
  2. foxholed
  3. foxholes
  4. foxholing
  5. foxhood
  6. foxhound
  7. foxhounds
  8. Foxhoven
  9. Foxhow
  10. foxhunt
  11. foxhunted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foxhound (page history and authors); Foxhound (page history and authors); Foxhound (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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