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hellhound
noun[ C ]
(alsohell-hound)uk /ˈhel.haʊnd/ us /ˈhel.haʊnd/
a large, very frightening dog, or an imaginary animal that is an evil creature in the form of a large, frightening dog:
His dogs are real hellhounds.
I think it was a hell-hound sent by the devil.
From behind me I heard a frenzied barking that sounded like a pack of hellhounds.
The wind was howling like a hellhound.
The picture shows a black, three-headed hell-hound.
Do you really believe the house is haunted by a supernatural hell-hound?
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