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spacehounds

spacehounds is the plural of spacehound.

Meaning of spacehound

Noun

spacehound (plural spacehounds)

  1. (archaic) A person experienced in space travel.
    • "I'll be very glad to show you around," he said, "but I must confess I was a little surprised when Rupert passed on your request. I couldn't understand why one of you spacehounds should be interested in our work. Aren't you going in the wrong direction?"1953, Arthur C[harles] Clarke, Childhood's End, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →OCLC, page 116
    Synonyms:
    spacedog

Questions about spacehounds

What is spacehounds the plural of?
Spacehounds is the plural of spacehound.

Words near spacehounds in the dictionary

  1. spacehands
  2. spacehead
  3. spaceheads
  4. Spaceheart
  5. spacehound
  6. spacehounds
  7. Spacek
  8. spacekin
  9. Spaceks
  10. spacelab
  11. spacelabs

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