Bloodhound

Definitions

1. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.
2. A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.
   figuratively, informal
3. A bloodthirsty person.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase⟳ the first tier of bloodhounds.”

“For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey, Unarmed and unaware, were gorging deep Their gluttony of death; the loose array Of horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep⟳, And with loud laughter for their tyrant reap A harvest⟳ sown with other hopes; […]”

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