Synonyms for beagle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bee-guh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbi gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for beagle Other synonyms for the word beagle
Définition of beagle
Origin :- late 15c., of unknown origin, possibly from French becguele "noisy person," literally "gaping throat," from bayer "open wide" (see bay (n.2)) + gueule "mouth" (see gullet).
- As in private detective : noun private investigator
- As in hound : noun dog
- He has been a beagle hound, nose down, on my smell, pursuing it.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- The "Beagle" has gone back to Bahia, and will pick me up on its return.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
- In a few days time the "Beagle" will sail for the Galapagos Islands.
- Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
- Being the second part of the Geology of the Voyage of the Beagle, etc.
- Extract from : « Life of Charles Darwin » by G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
- Darwin was only three years back from the voyage of the "Beagle."
- Extract from : « Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists » by Various
- Rolling the pigskin in front of him, he dove for it, pouncing on it as a beagle on a rabbit.
- Extract from : « The Eternal Boy » by Owen Johnson
- The beagle is like a smaller, finer foxhound, and has the same ancestry.
- Extract from : « The Dogs of Boytown » by Walter A. Dyer
- The Beagle Stud-book will help you in your choice of strains.
- Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
- He hunted like a beagle, and saw like a bird, with his savage, glittering eye.
- Extract from : « A Terrible Temptation » by Charles Reade
- His Beagle voyage is a regular magazine of natural-history knowledge.
- Extract from : « Under the Maples » by John Burroughs
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