猟犬|りょうけんryouken[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounhound; hunting dog; gun dog
   私わたしたちの猟犬りょうけんは大おおきな鹿しかを追おいかけた。↗

   Our pointer took off after a big deer.

• Synonym狩り犬NeutralNative Japanese word for a hunting dog; same meaning as 「猟犬」 but plainer and more colloquial.
• Synonym狩犬WrittenWritten-style variant for a hunting dog; native Japanese like 「狩り犬」, but used less often.

For a dog used in hunting, 「猟犬」 is the most common choice; for the native Japanese word, say 「狩り犬」.

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1. 狩猟しゅりょうで使役しえきする犬いぬ。かりいぬ。