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cynegetic

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Adj — Connected with hunting, especially hunting with dogs.

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Etymology

PIE word *ḱwṓ. A learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῠνηγετῐκός (kŭnēgetĭkós), from κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs, "hunter") plus -ῐκός (-ĭkós, a suffix meaning 'of or pertaining to' that forms adjectives); κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs) in turn comes from κύων (kúōn, "dog") plus ἡγέτης (hēgétēs, "leader").

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