What's the difference between deerhound and staghound?
Deerhound
Definition:
(n.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two Scottish Deerhound puppies had clinical and pathological features consistent with the diagnosis of congenital non-goitrous hypothyroidism.
(2) In this study, we tested the hypothesis that an increase in chondrocytic vertical height is a major variable that accounts for the decreased rate of growth of long bones in Scottish deerhound dogs that had pseudoachondroplasia.
(3) In Scottish deerhounds that have the disease, growth of bone is approximately 65 per cent of that in normal animals.
(4) In one or more of 3 population comparisons, significantly increased risk of cystine calculus formation was found in Mastiffs, Australian Cattle Dogs, English Bulldogs, Chihuahuas, Bullmastiffs, Newfoundlands, Dachshunds, Basenjis, Australian Shepherd Dogs, Scottish Deerhounds, Staffordshire Terriers, Miniature Pinschers, pitbull terriers, Welsh Corgis, Silky Terriers, and Bichon Frises.
(5) Clinical, radiographic, pathologic, and genetic features of a form of osteochondrodysplasia in 5 related Scottish Deerhound pups from 2 litters were evaluated.
Staghound
Definition:
(n.) A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.