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houndlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From hound + -like. Compare houndly.

Meanings

1. Like, resembling, or characteristic of a hound; houndly.
   • Houndlike ears: See Drop ear. Houndlike lips: Well-developed, deep, pendulous flews. 2007, American Kennel Club, The Complete Dog Book: 20th Edition:
   • Nevertheless, the desire for "long ears, houndlike head, and much throatiness" was going on, though one of our first and most successful breeders protested [...] 1878, John Henry Walsh, The dogs of the British Islands:
   • And in the British Isles, there were the shepherd-type dogs already mentioned, an ancestral houndlike dog and a small house dog that could have later given rise to the terriers. 1996, Roger A. Caras, A Perfect Harmony:

Forms

Deriveds

unhoundlike