redbone

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a type of medium to large hound (= a dog used in hunting) from the United States that is very fast, has a red-brown coat, and was once used to hunt raccoons (= a common North American animal with a wide black stripe over its eyes and a long tail with black rings on it, and can hold objects in its hands):

He always took his Redbone coonhound with him on trips to his lakeside cabin.

Suddenly Jake, our Redbone Coonhound, began tugging on his lead because he saw a rabbit on the other side of the field.