| 单词 | dog-ape |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog-ape dog-ape n. a baboon (genus Papio), which has a long doglike snout; cf. cynocephalus n., dog-head n. 2.In later use chiefly with reference to ancient Egyptian mythology. 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. v. 24 If euer I thanke any man, Ile thanke you: but that they cal complement is like th' encounter of two dog-Apes . View more context for this quotation 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 5 In the heat-rotted jungle hollows, Where the dog-ape barks in the kloof. 1902 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 22 77 Certainly the monster is nearly related to the adoring dog-apes of Egypt. 1999 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 85 172 The small dog-ape was making praise in front of her. < as lemmas |
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