courser
1. a huntsman who hunts small animals with fast dogs that use sight rather than scent to follow their prey • Hypernyms: hunter, huntsman 2. formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle • Syn: charger • Derivationally related forms: charge (for: charger) • Hypernyms: warhorse 3. a dog trained for coursing • Hypernyms: hunting dog 4. swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles • Hypernyms: shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird • Hyponyms: cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor, crocodile bird, Pluvianus aegyptius • Member Holonyms: Glareolidae, family Glareolidae
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