- Spoor (animal)
Spoor is any sign of a creature. Spoor includes track, trail and droppings. Spoor is useful for discovering or surveying what types of animals live in an area, or in animal tracking.
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Spoor (animal)
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Spoor — can mean: *Spoor (animal), a term for any signs of a creature, in animal tracking: see . *Spoor (comics). *Spoor (album), an album by Thin White Rope. *Spoor (plant) having reached a state of producing and releasing spores; gone to spoor … Wikipedia
spoor — [spoor] n. [Afrik < MDu, akin to OE spor, Ger spur: for IE base see SPUR] the track or trail of an animal, esp. of a wild animal hunted as game vt., vi. to trace or track by a spoor … English World dictionary
Spoor — est un super vilain créé par Marvel Comics. il est apparu pour la première fois dans Uncanny X Men #300. Origine L écossais Andrew Graves, fit partie des Acolytes de Magnéto. La mutation d Andrew était déjà visible en bas âge et il fut battu et… … Wikipédia en Français
spoor´er — spoor «spur», noun, verb. –n. the trail of a wild animal or a person; track. –v.t. to track by a spoor. –v.i. to follow a spoor. ╂[< Afrikaans spoor < Middle Dutch] –spoor´er, noun … Useful english dictionary
Spoor — (sp[=oo]r), n. [D. spoor; akin to AS. spor, G. spur, and from the root of E. spur. [root]171. See {Spur}.] The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; used originally by travelers in South Africa. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoor — [ spur ] noun count or uncount the smell or signs that an animal leaves on the ground that can be followed by people who are hunting the animal … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spoor — [spo:, spuə US spo:r, spur] n [singular, U] technical [Date: 1800 1900; : Afrikaans; Origin: Middle Dutch] the track of footmarks or solid waste that a wild animal leaves as it moves along … Dictionary of contemporary English
Spoor (comics) — Superherobox| caption= comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Spoor real name=Andrew Hamish Grave species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men #300 creators=Scott Lobdell John Romita, Jr. alliance… … Wikipedia
spoor — [[t]spʊər, spɔr, spoʊr[/t]] n. 1) spo a track or trail, esp. of a wild animal 2) spo to track by a spoor 3) to track an animal by a spoor • Etymology: 1815–25; < Afrik spoor < D … From formal English to slang
spoor — I. noun (plural spoor or spoors) Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch; akin to Old English spor footprint, spoor, spurnan to kick more at spurn Date: 1823 1. a track, a trail, a scent, or droppings especially of a wild animal 2. a trace by which the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
