Animals leave their footprints in several English words, including chatoyant, or “shimmering like a cat’s eyes” and sleuth, which is short for sleuth-hound, a kind of bloodhound used for sniffing out prey. Pets have also inspired...
bagel n.— «Burak’s dog Memphis, a beagle-basset hound cross (or a bagel, as they are called) and for whom the store is named—drags a blanket in his mouth on the hardwood floor.» —“James North comes in from the cold” by Jon...
bascottie n.— «A basset hound had been bred with a Scottie to make a “bascottie,” pronounced like biscotti, the hard biscuit usually dunked in coffee.» —“24 animals are removed from Lodi home; officers say conditions...
potato n.— «Gator still has his potatoes.…He doesn’t like for us to call them testicles, so we call them potatoes.» —“Hound has a nose for south end of a northbound whale” by Robert McClure Post...
canine v.— «He stopped and peed on a cedar tree. This is “canine-ing”—being a regular dog. And it’s not allowed. He sniffed around under a log.» —“Hound has a nose for south end of a northbound whale” by Robert...
Freddy n.— «The big challenge, Balcomb predicts, will be figuring out which whale produced which poop, because they congregate so closely. And the water here, unlike in the Bahamas, is often cloudy. “Figuring out who did a Freddy is...