beagle

noun
🔊/ˈbiːɡl/
🔊/ˈbiːɡl/
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  1. a type of small dog with short legs, used in hunting小猎兔狗Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: perhaps from Old French beegueule ‘open-mouthed’, from beer ‘open wide’ + gueule ‘throat’.