cynocephalusn.

/sʌɪnəʊˈsɛfələs/

/sɪnəʊˈsɛfələs/

Forms: Plural cynocephali. Also Middle English–1600s anglicized cynocephale.

Etymology: Latin, < Greek κυνοκέϕαλος dog-headed, the dog-faced baboon, < κυνο- dog- + κεϕαλή head. In modern French cynocéphale.

1. One of a fabled race of men with dogs' heads.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > human and dog

houndinga1400

cynocephalusc1400

dogmana1743

cynocephalist1837

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxi. 97 Men and wymmen of þat ile hase heuedes lyke hundes; and þai er called Cynocephales.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 7 It may be the Cynocephali were but men with such heads, discovered by some Grecian.

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 479 The cynocephali or dog-headed priests of..Anubis.

2. A kind of ape having a head like that of a dog; the Dog-faced Baboon. In Zoology taken as the name of the genus.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > Papio cynocephalus (dog-faced baboon)

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cynocephalus1601

dog-head1607

dog-apea1616

cynocephalist1656

dog-faced baboon1790

mottled baboon1800

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 157 They..liue of the milke of certain beasts that we cal Cynocephales, hauing heads and snouts like dogs.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 232 Apes that be headed and long snouted like dogs, and thereof called Cynocephali.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 8 The shape of their snowt like a Cynocephale.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 207 The last of the ape kind is the Cynocephalus.

1876 S. Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 27 Their fauna, comprising the cynocephalus and the camelopard.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	cynocephalus
释义	cynocephalusn. /sʌɪnəʊˈsɛfələs//sɪnəʊˈsɛfələs/ Forms: Plural cynocephali. Also Middle English–1600s anglicized cynocephale. Etymology: Latin, < Greek κυνοκέϕαλος dog-headed, the dog-faced baboon, < κυνο- dog- + κεϕαλή head. In modern French cynocéphale. 1. One of a fabled race of men with dogs' heads. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > human hybrid > human and dog houndinga1400 cynocephalusc1400 dogmana1743 cynocephalist1837 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxi. 97 Men and wymmen of þat ile hase heuedes lyke hundes; and þai er called Cynocephales. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 7 It may be the Cynocephali were but men with such heads, discovered by some Grecian. 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry II. 479 The cynocephali or dog-headed priests of..Anubis. 2. A kind of ape having a head like that of a dog; the Dog-faced Baboon. In Zoology taken as the name of the genus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > Papio cynocephalus (dog-faced baboon) dogshead1591 cynocephalus1601 dog-head1607 dog-apea1616 cynocephalist1656 dog-faced baboon1790 mottled baboon1800 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 157 They..liue of the milke of certain beasts that we cal Cynocephales, hauing heads and snouts like dogs. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 232 Apes that be headed and long snouted like dogs, and thereof called Cynocephali. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 8 The shape of their snowt like a Cynocephale. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 207 The last of the ape kind is the Cynocephalus. 1876 S. Birch Rede Lect. Egypt 27 Their fauna, comprising the cynocephalus and the camelopard. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1400
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