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# beagle

noun (a beagle, beagles)

«beagle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A beagle is a small to medium hunting dog with long floppy ears, short legs and a white, brown and black coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#m1)
2. HMS Beagle was the ship Charles Darwin sailed on to study nature (a name). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#m2)

### In the lessons

Beagles have a great sense of smell; they work at airports sniffing luggage for food. In science, Darwin's voyage on the Beagle helped him think about evolution. Snoopy from Peanuts is a beagle.

### Examples

- Our beagle howls when the doorbell rings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x1)
- Snoopy is a beagle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x2)
- The beagle sniffed every bag at the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x3)
- Darwin sailed on HMS Beagle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x4)
- Beagles love to follow their noses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x5)
- A beagle needs lots of walks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Capital B for the ship's name.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «beagle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beagle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«beagle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beagle.html) on Mova free.