lurcher
noun/ˈlɜːtʃə(r)/
/ˈlɜːrtʃər/
(British English)- a dog that is a mixture of two different types of dog, one of which is a greyhoundTopics Animalsc2Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a prowler or petty thief): from obsolete lurch ‘remain in a place furtively’, variant of lurk.
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