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Definition :

A breed of large and powerful dogs with long smooth and pendulous ears and remarkable for acuteness of smell It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter and for tracking criminals Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff