Beagle
['biɡl]
Definition
(n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
(n.) Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
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Definition
n. a small hound tracking by scent formerly much used in hunting hares but now superseded by the harrier: a spy: a bailiff: a small kind of shark.—The beagle was often followed by men on foot hence Foot′-bea′gle.
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Examples
- On its way west in the Pacific the Beagle spent a month at the Galapagos Archipelago, which lies under the equator five or six hundred miles from the mainland. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Beagle, about to sail from Devonport on a voyage around the world. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Looking back in 1876 on this memorable expedition, the naturalist wrote, The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my l ife, and has determined my whole career. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- After the Beagle sai led from the Plata, December 6, 1833, vast numbers of butterflies were seen as far as the eye could range in bands of countless m yriads. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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