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bluetick

[ bloo-tik ]
/ ˈbluˌtɪk /
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noun
an American hound having a usually black, tan, and white coat flecked or mottled with black, used in hunting foxes and raccoons.
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Origin of bluetick

blue + tick1

Words nearby bluetick

blue swimmer, bluet, “Blue-Tail Fly”, bluethroat, bluethroat pikeblenny, bluetick, blue tit, bluetongue, blue-tongued lizard, Bluetooth, blue vein
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How to use bluetick in a sentence

  • Next in importance was a hound, a bluetick named Precious Sue.

    The Duck-footed Hound|James Arthur Kjelgaard
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