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lyam-hound

lyam-hound noun: a bloodhound.

Noun

lyam-hound (plural lyam-hounds)

  1. (obsolete) A bloodhound.
    • Talus, that could like a lime-hound winde her, […] At length found out whereas she hidden lay / Under an heape of gold.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of lyam-hound

plurallyam-hounds
alternative formlimehound
alternative formlyme-hound

Origin of lyam-hound

From lyam + hound.

Questions about lyam-hound

What does lyam-hound mean?
Lyam-hound means a bloodhound.
What part of speech is lyam-hound?
Lyam-hound is a noun.
What is the plural of lyam-hound?
The plural of lyam-hound is lyam-hounds.

Words near lyam-hound in the dictionary

  1. Lyall's wren
  2. Lyall's wrens
  3. Lyallpur
  4. Lyalls
  5. lyam
  6. lyam-hound
  7. lyam-hounds
  8. lyams
  9. Lyanna
  10. Lyapunov
  11. Lyapunov exponent

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