lurcher

plural lurchers

1. obsoleteOne who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
2. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.

   “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.

   2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times

3. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

plural lurchers

1. obsoleteA glutton; a voracious eater

   Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh

   1591, John Lyly, Endymion