stag·hound

[stag-hound]
noun
a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.

Origin:
1700–10; stag + hound1

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staghound (ˈstæɡˌhaʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a breed of hound similar in appearance to the foxhound but larger. It is bred for stag hunting

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Staghound is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
When my eyes met his, he looked down at the staghound that sat between his knees.
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