bluetick

noun

blue·tick ˈblü-ˌtik

: any of a breed of tricolor coonhounds of American origin having the white areas of the coat usually heavily ticked with black

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Smokey, the Vols’ lovely bluetick coonhound mascot and the rest of the pups, had to be covering their eyes at this one, only made worse as this was the only FBS-FCS matchup of the entire weekend. —

Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2022 Dixie, a bluetick coonhound, just cannot shut up at the least opportune times. —

Tim Neville, Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2020 And is there anything better than a good bluetick coonhound? —

Ike Morgan | Imorgan@al.com, al, 4 Nov. 2020 Warming up, the young receiver caught a pass that took him out of bounds and into the neighborhood of a certain bluetick coonhound. —

Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 29 June 2020 Prior to home games the entire Volunteers football team is led onto the field by Smokey, a bluetick coonhound. —

Torrey Hart, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019 An officer found a stray bluetick coonhound with no identification. —

Washington Post, 6 June 2017