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eurohound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eu-ro-hound
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of dog bred for sled dog racing, a cross of the Alaskan husky and any of a number of pointers, most often the German Shorthair Pointer.

Etymology

Coined by Alaska sled racing and dog expert Ivana Nolke from Euro- + hound, to distinguish the European racing dogs being imported into Alaska.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Eurohounds (plural)

Questions

What does eurohound mean?
A type of dog bred for sled dog racing, a cross of the Alaskan husky and any of a number of pointers, most often the German Shorthair Pointer.
Where does eurohound come from?
Coined by Alaska sled racing and dog expert Ivana Nolke from Euro- + hound, to distinguish the European racing dogs being imported into Alaska.

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