spoor

n.
The track or trail of an animal, especially a wild animal.


v., spoored, spoor·ing, spoors.

tr. & intr.v.
To track (an animal) by following its spoor or to engage in such tracking.

[Afrikaans, from Middle Dutch.]

(spoor)

noun
The track or trail of an animal, especially a wild animal being hunted.
verb tr., intr.
To track an animal by its trail; to follow a spoor.

Etymology
From Afrikaans, from Dutch.

Usage
"I also continue to look for Indian wolves. After eight hectic days of checking spoor and other signs, I spot my first one in Kutch." — Yadvendradev V Jhala; Cattle And Carnivores, National Wildlife (Washington, DC); Apr/May 2002.

"The labyrinthine forest's spoor lead to the patient Minotaur Deep in the dark and structured core the bull-man waits inside the maze and he who dares explore will raze the beast of fear behind the door." — Isabella Gardner; The Minotaur; 1955.

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noun

Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive: scent, track, trail. See marks, smells/good smells/bad smells/smell.

IN BRIEF: The trail or scent of a wild animal.

A bloodhound was used to follow the spoor of the fox that had escaped from the small zoo.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spor
v. tr. - spore, forfølge spor
v. intr. - forfølge spor

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoor, spoor volgen/ lezen

Français (French)
n. - foulées (à la chasse), piste (d'un cerf)
v. tr. - suivre à la piste (un animal)
v. intr. - suivre à la piste (un animal)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fährte, Spur
v. - aufspüren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αχνάρι, πατημασιά (θηράματος)
v. - ακολουθώ τα αχνάρια (θηράματος)

Italiano (Italian)
traccia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rastro (m)
v. - seguir o rastro

Русский (Russian)
след, идти по следу, выслеживать

Español (Spanish)
n. - huella, rastro, pista
v. tr. - seguir un rastro, una pista
v. intr. - seguir un rastro, una pista

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spår
v. - spåra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痕迹, 足迹, 循着足迹追踪, 跟踪追赶

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 痕跡, 足跡
v. tr. - 循著足跡追蹤
v. intr. - 跟蹤追趕

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 냄새 자취, (야수의) 발자국
v. tr. - 발자국으로 쫓다, 뒤를 밟다
v. intr. - 냄새 자취로 쫓다, ~을 추적하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 足跡

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أثر حيوان (فعل) تقفى أثر الصيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עקבות-חיה‬
v. tr. - ‮הלך בעקבות‬
v. intr. - ‮הלך בעקבות‬

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