A hunting dog breed, particularly a hound with a mottled blue-gray coat, bred for tracking and hunting.
From blue (referring to the blue-gray mottled coloring) plus tick (possibly from a spotting pattern resembling tick marks, or related to the tick insect). Describes a specific coat pattern.
Bluetick hounds have such keen noses they can follow a scent trail that's days old, and their distinctive baying is so recognizable that it's become iconic in American Southern hunting culture!
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