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A hound is a type of hunting dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.
Description
Hounds can be contrasted with gun dogs that assist hunters by identifying prey and/or recovering shot quarry. The hound breeds were the first hunting dogs. ...
is a type of dog that assists hunters by tracking or chasing the animal being hunted.
Hound may also refer to:
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Dog, any dog of the subfamily Caninae
Arts and entertainment
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''Hounds'' (TV series), a 2012 television comedy series set around greyhound racing in Auckland, New Zealand
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The Hound
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of ''Weird Tales''. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the ''Necronomicon.''
Plot
The story opens with ...
", a short story by H. P. Lovecraft
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The Hound (singer) (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, and record producer
Fictional characters
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Hounds (comics)
Hounds are the name given to several fictional groups of mutant characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. This term usually refers to those who track or hunt down mutants while serving a higher authority.
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, the name given to several groups of mutant characters from Marvel Comics
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Sandor Clegane, nicknamed The Hound, a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of fantasy novels and its television adaptation ''Game of Thrones''
Ships
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Danish ship ''Trost'', also known as ''Hunden'' ("Hound")
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HMS ''Hound'', a name given to fifteen ships of the Royal Navy
Other uses
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Hound (heraldry), used as a charge in classical heraldry
* ''Hound'', a virtual assistant app developed by
SoundHound
SoundHound Inc. is an audio and speech recognition company founded in 2005. It develops speech recognition, natural language understanding, sound recognition and search technologies. Its featured products include Houndify, a Voice AI developer ...
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De Havilland Hound, a 1920s British two-seat day bomber built by De Havilland Aircraft Company at Stag Lane Aerodrome
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Hound, Hampshire
Hound is a village and civil parish in the borough of Eastleigh in southern Hampshire, England. The parish encompasses the villages of Netley, Butlocks Heath and Old Netley, and includes such landmarks as Netley Castle and Netley Abbey. In the ...
, a village in the Borough of Eastleigh, UK
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