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n. Any of various large dogs, such as the Irish wolfhound or the borzoi, trained to hunt wolves or other large game.

n. A dog of one of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves.

n. Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly identical with the great Danes.

n. A dog used in hunting wolves.

n. the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves

"Ganelon could still remember, years before, a discussion of _King Lear_ during which the elder Ganelon had uttered a giggle of the hashish-eater's sort, a symptom of the early stages of oboe madness, and asked Gramont, "If a king named his eldest daughter Goneril, what would he call his wolfhound?""

hound dog    hound   

Russian wolfhound   

Russian wolfhound    Irish wolfhound    borzoi   

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