spoor
Wild animal sign
Spoor is the track or scent left by an animal, used by hunters to follow prey.
The word comes from South African Dutch and appears most often in contexts of African wildlife tracking: The guide found fresh spoor and knew the leopard was nearby.
Figuratively, any trail of evidence someone leaves behind: detectives following the spoor of the suspect.
Marks left by walking
- droppingsAnimal excrement deposits
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- trailPath through wilderness
- scentAirborne odor detected
signs · traces · dung · tracks · markings · pellets · scrape · rub
Solving aid
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- signMark conveying information
- indicationSign of what's coming
lead · hint · detection · trail · discovery · forensics · deduction · inference
Hunting dog breed
- foxhoundCanine bred for pursuit
- huntsmanOne who pursues game
- scentAirborne odor detected
- cryVocal expression of emotion
earth · kennel · whipper-in · pack · drag · line · check · cast
Pit for extracting rock
- preyAnimal being hunted
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- hunterPursuer of prey
- safariWildlife observation journey
game · bloodhound · tracker · bushcraft · pursuit · camouflage · ambush · stalk
Undomesticated natural organisms
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- rangerProtected land patroller
- anti-poachingCombating illegal animal killing
monitoring · census · survey · biodiversity · habitat · protection · sanctuary · reserve
footprints
Marks left by walking
scent · signs · traces · dung · tracks · markings · pellets · scrape · rub · wallow
clue
Solving aid
indication · lead · hint · detection · trail · discovery · forensics · deduction · inference · sleuth
hound
Hunting dog breed
cry · earth · kennel · whipper-in · pack · drag · line · check · cast · draw
quarry
Pit for extracting rock
safari · game · bloodhound · tracker · bushcraft · pursuit · camouflage · ambush · stalk · guide
wildlife
Undomesticated natural organisms
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- rangerProtected land patroller
anti-poaching · monitoring · census · survey · biodiversity · habitat · protection · sanctuary · reserve · ecosystem
- trackingtracker, GPS tracking, GPS, motion tracking, trace
- trackstrack, track number, running track, race track, railroad track
- animal trackingtracks, footprints, hoofprints, droppings, scat
- deer huntingwhitetail, buck, hind, doe, red deer
- South Africanismsag, just now, now now, bra, oom
- wildlife signsfootprints, scat, droppings, rub, scrape
spoorconcealment
Act of hiding something
invisibility · cover · stealth · camouflage · undetectability
- bacterial spore
- mold sporeReproductive cell of fungi
- spore printFungal identification deposit