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dog-faced, a.|ˈdɒgfeɪst|
Having a face like that of a dog; esp. in dog-faced baboon = cynocephalus. (In quot. 1873, tr. Gr. κυνῶπις.)
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 9 He describeth them to be black haird, Dog-faced, and like little men. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) I. 77 The dog-faced baboon. 1836–48B. D. Walsh Aristoph., Knights i. iii, Before a dog-faced monkey. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets vii. 227 Those dog-faced, Fierce-eyed, infernal ministers, dread goddesses! |