beagle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beagle/ˈbiːɡl/
▶noun a small, short-legged hound, kept as a pet or for hunting hares. ▶verb hunt with beagles.
– derivatives
beagler noun,
beagling noun.
beagler noun,
beagling noun.
– origin C15: perh. from OFr. beegueule ‘open-mouthed’.
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