spoor
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9.9
- noun
- /spʊr/
- Specialized
:
rastros
- The spoor was very fresh so he knew the hyena must be close.
- followed the spoor
- lion spoor
- blood spoor
A savage ancient beast following his spoor.
- A savage ancient beast following his spoor.
Examples
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He followed the spoor through the dense jungle, hoping to catch a glimpse of the animal.
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They're tracks, footprints, marks—a tuft of fur left on a bush in passing, spoor in the snow.
Academic text (2001) -
And now there would be no blood spoor to follow.
Fiction book (1996) -
The spoor of the giant monkeys was easy to follow.
Fiction book (1993) -
After thirty minutes of following the spoor, he found a spot where the tracks were all mixed together confusedly.
Fiction book (1993) -
And now, there were braids of dry undergrowth, and the smell of human spoor and litter.
Fiction book (1995) -
They gathered a lot of marulas and on the way home they found... ... the spoor of a wounded elephant.
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The tracker carefully examined the ground for any spoor left by the deer.
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After hours of searching, they finally spotted the spoor of the elusive leopard.
Synonyms
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1.4
A visible sign left where a person or animal has passed
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3.5
A smell a person or animal leaves that others can follow
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5.2
A mark on the ground left by an animal's hard foot like a horse
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4.9
A mark that an animal with hard feet makes in soft ground
A mark in the ground that shows someone was there
Footprints or marks left on the ground by people and animals
A mark left in soft ground by an animal's foot like a horse
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Etymology
Spoor comes from the Dutch and Afrikaans word spoor, which simply means 'track' or 'trail'. Hunters and trackers used it for the marks or scent animals leave, so today spoor means the track or sign left by a person or animal.