Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hound that hunts primarily by sight rather than scent, such as the greyhound and the whippet.
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- noun A
hound that primarily hunts by speed and sight, instead of by scent and endurance.
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Examples
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Add a "dot com" to the dog and we are no longer discussing a coveted sighthound, but rather an online e-commerce giant which has, since its September 2009 launch, reported 350% year over year growth and is considered a premiere destination for specialty retailers and designers.
Anisha Lakhani: From Walmart to Web Domination: Taigan CEO Elizabeth Nichols Anisha Lakhani 2011
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To illustrate the post you may have noticed that I likes me some pitchurs a falconer with bird and sighthound:
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For me, more than 30 years of sighthound breeding have come to fruition.
Spay Neuter 2007
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In addition to falconry, I also run a sighthound at game.
The Roller Scandal 2007
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We switched to a raw diet after our first sighthound was diagnosed w/bone cancer.
Doggie Downers 2007
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* 'Oriental' sighthound breeds, like aboriginal Afghans, salukis, and my tazis, have the whole primitive suite of behaviors including single estrous.
Archive 2006-10-01 2006
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A giant sighthound seemed unlikely...but maybe running dogs run in the family.
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But how in all that is holy can you not let a pointing dog-- or a sighthound like mine-- not go ahead of you?
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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Mom and Dad have often expressed an appreciation for the shape and demeandor of my whippets, but they've never owned a sighthound.
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Dan and Margaret: My folks are in Columbus and would love to have a contact for lure coursing opportunities and sighthound chatter in general.
bilby commented on the word sighthound
"I am also the secretary of the Finnish Sighthound Association and an amateur level photographer."
- user profile on postcrossing.com
March 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sighthound
Interesting! I didn't know there were such dogs.
March 19, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sighthound
I don't think it's a particular breed so much as several breeds that hunt with eyesight rather than the sense of smell. (Just guessing.) Like greyhounds, for example.
My hound was not a sighthound. I guess she was a smellhound.
March 19, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sighthound
Oh, I figured there were several breeds. And I think they're called scent hounds, but "smellhounds" is funnier.
March 20, 2009
dontcry commented on the word sighthound
*wonders what greyhounds...hound*
March 20, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sighthound
Rabbits and other small, furry mammals.
March 20, 2009
reesetee commented on the word sighthound
Grey stuff?
March 20, 2009
plethora commented on the word sighthound
Members of the cast of Grey's Anatomy.
March 21, 2009
dontcry commented on the word sighthound
Zanes?
March 21, 2009
corylusavellana commented on the word sighthound
It would be rather nice if there was a dog with Extrasensory Perception. We could call it a psych-hound. Or a hunch-hound.
March 22, 2009