Hunt·ing n. The pursuit of game or of wild animals.
 Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and feasting. --Tylor.
 Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).
 Hunting cat Zool., the cheetah.
 Hunting cog Mach., a tooth in the larger of two geared wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting of the same pairs of teeth.
 Hunting dog Zool., the hyena dog.
 Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game; esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American Indians in search of game.
 Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See Horn, and Bulge.
 Hunting leopard Zool., the cheetah.
 Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of hunting.
 Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
 Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of leather.
 Hunting spider Zool., a spider which hunts its prey, instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
 Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
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 Hunt·er n.
 1. One who hunts wild animals either for sport or for food; a huntsman.
 2. A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
 3. A horse used in the chase; especially, a thoroughbred, bred and trained for hunting.
 4. One who hunts or seeks after anything, as if for game; as, a fortune hunter a place hunter.
    No keener hunter after glory breathes.   --Tennyson.
 5. Zool. A kind of spider. See Hunting spider, under Hunting.
 6. A hunting watch, or one of which the crystal is protected by a metallic cover.
 Hunter's room, the lunation after the harvest moon.
 Hunter's screw Mech., a differential screw, so named from the inventor. See under Differential.
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 hunting spider
      n : ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web
          [syn: wolf spider]