i Register
In some senses, lurcher is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
“Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.
A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.
noun
A glutton; a voracious eater
Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh