spoor
Collocations
4ADJ.
monstrous, picked, well-marked
VERB + SPOOR
examine
SPOOR + NOUN
abductor
PREP.
up, upon
Definitions
noun
The track, trail, droppings, or scent of an animal.
We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale must be enormous.
Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
verb
To track (an animal) by following its spoor.
name
An occupational surname from Middle English
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3We all stopped to examine that monstrous spoor. If it were indeed a bird - and what animal could leave such a mark? - its foot was so much larger than an ostrich's that its height upon the same scale
WiktionaryEven poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
WiktionaryNow he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.
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