Definition of "wolfhound" []

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

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• "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?""
• "The wolfhound was the first to turn tail and skulk away into the dark, the Yorkie with the blue bow the last, but they all went."
• "Irish wolfhound: I've always loved Irish wolfhounds—their size, their beards, and their surprisingly sweet demeanor."