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spoor - What does it mean?

Definition of 'spoor'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
  • * 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 10
  • Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
  • *1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
  • *:Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To track an animal by following its spoor
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