कौटिक

{ kauṭika }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कौटिक  mfn.  a mfn. ( g. कुमुदा- दि; = कौटकिक) one whose business is to catch animals in traps &c., [L.]
    relating to a snare or trap, [W.]
    fraudulent, dishonest, [W.]
कौटिक  m.  m. one who kills animals and sells their flesh for his own subsistence, poacher, [L.]
कौटिक    b see 2. कौट.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

कौटिक [kauṭika]   a.
    relating to a snare or trap.
    dishonest, fraudulent; see कौटकिक above.

Shabda-Sagara

कौटिक  mfn.  ( -कः- की- कं)
   1. fraudulent, dishonest.
   2. relating to a snare to trap.
  m.  ( -कः) one who kills animals, and sells their flesh for his own subsistence, a hunter, a poacher, a mountaineer, &c.
    E. कूट a trap for catching birds, &c. affix ष्ठक्.

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कूट ष्ठक्