/ spʊə(r); NAmE spʊr/ noun
[ sing. ] a track or smell that a wild animal leaves as it travels
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans , from Middle Dutch spor , of Germanic origin.
/ spʊə(r); NAmE spʊr/ noun
[ sing. ] a track or smell that a wild animal leaves as it travels
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: from Afrikaans , from Middle Dutch spor , of Germanic origin.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005