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hell⋅hound

  [hel-hound]
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–noun
1. a mythical watchdog of hell.
2. a fiendish person.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE helle hund; see hell, hound 1
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hell·hound   (hěl'hound')   
n.  

  1. A devilish person; a fiend.

  2. Greek Mythology Cerberus, the watchdog of Hades.

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hellhound

a dog represented in mythology (such as that of ancient Greece and Scandinavia) as standing guard in the underworld. In Greek mythology this was Cerberus, a three-headed, dragon-tailed dog

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