lurcher

noun
🔊/ˈlɜːtʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈlɜːrtʃər/
(British English)
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  1. a dog that is a mixture of two different types of dog, one of which is a greyhound混种狗;杂种猎狗Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to a prowler or petty thief): from obsolete lurch ‘remain in a place furtively’, variant of lurk.