Definition of Saluki

1. Noun. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Gazelle Hound
Generic synonyms: Hound, Hound Dog

Definition of Saluki

1. Noun. An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saluki

1. a tall, slender dog [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saluki

Salpichroa organifolia
Salpichroa rhomboidea
Salpidae
Salpiglossis sinuata
Salpinctes
Salpinctes obsoletus
Salsola kali
Salsola kali tenuifolia
Salsola soda
Salt Lake City
Salt River
Salter's incremental lines
Salter-Harris fracture
Salton Sea
Saluki (current term)
Salukis
Salvador
Salvadora
Salvadora family
Salvadora persica
Salvadoraceae
Salvadoran
Salvadoran capital
Salvadorans
Salvadorean
Salvadoreans
Salvadorian
Salvadorians
Salvarsan

Literary usage of Saluki

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"At the slightest disturbance they bolted from their hiding place under a bush and made for safety, thus becoming very difficult for the saluki to catch. ..."

2. Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to the by Edwin Sidney Hartland (1910)
"But there is a further complication. " Saluki and ... and take her back with him to Saluki; but he must purchase her, and it is not in his option to remain ..."

3. The World's Inhabitants, Or Mankind, Animals, and Plants: Being a Popular by George Thomas Bettany (1888)
"In one State " a man of Saluki may marry a woman of ... and take her back with him to Saluki; but he must purchase her, and it is not in his option to ..."

4. Sohrab and Rustem: The Epic Theme of a Combat Between Father and Son; a by Murray Anthony Potter (1902)
"... marry with the women of Saluki, but the man must go to Saluki and live in the house of the woman, and he has not the option of paying for her at all. ..."

5. Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon by Franz Delitzsch (1882)
"... or saluki, ie coming from Seleucia) is celebrated by the Arab, poets as much as the hunting-horse.3 The name 3^3, though not superfluous, ..."

6. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"At the slightest disturbance they bolted from their hiding place under a bush and made for safety, thus becoming very difficult for the saluki to catch. ..."

7. Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to the by Edwin Sidney Hartland (1910)
"But there is a further complication. " Saluki and ... and take her back with him to Saluki; but he must purchase her, and it is not in his option to remain ..."

8. The World's Inhabitants, Or Mankind, Animals, and Plants: Being a Popular by George Thomas Bettany (1888)
"In one State " a man of Saluki may marry a woman of ... and take her back with him to Saluki; but he must purchase her, and it is not in his option to ..."

9. Sohrab and Rustem: The Epic Theme of a Combat Between Father and Son; a by Murray Anthony Potter (1902)
"... marry with the women of Saluki, but the man must go to Saluki and live in the house of the woman, and he has not the option of paying for her at all. ..."

10. Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon by Franz Delitzsch (1882)
"... or saluki, ie coming from Seleucia) is celebrated by the Arab, poets as much as the hunting-horse.3 The name 3^3, though not superfluous, ..."

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