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{{Short description|British dog cross-breed}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2021}} {{about|the dog type|various ships|HMS Lurcher{{!}}HMS ''Lurcher''}} {{Infobox Dogbreed |name= Lurcher |image= File:Lurcher on Mountain.jpg |image_caption= |altname= Poacher's dog |nickname= |country=[[Great Britain]] and [[Ireland]] | coat = Any | colour = Any | litter_size = variable | life_span = |note= |}} [[File:Taplin, The Sportsman's Cabinet, Lurcher (facing page 103) (cropped).jpg|thumb|alt=engraving of a rough-haired dog of sighthound type|Lurcher, illustration from ''The Sportsman's Cabinet'' by William Taplin, 1803; engraved from a painting by [[Philip Reinagle]]]] A '''lurcher''' is a [[Dog crossbreed|crossbred dog]] resulting from [[dog reproduction|mating]] a [[greyhound]] or other [[sighthound]] with a dog of another [[Dog type|type]] such as a [[herding dog]] or a [[terrier]]. The lurcher is not a "breed," but is a generic descriptor of a group of varying dogs. It was for hundreds of years strongly associated with [[poaching]]; in modern times, it is kept as a [[hunting dog]] or [[companion dog]].
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