单词 | dog-faced |
释义 | dog-facedadj. 1. Having a face like that of a dog. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 11 He describeth them to be blacke haird, Dog-faced, and like little men. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian 272 That ugly, Dogg faced Aegyptian. 1827 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom V. 192 Das. Cynocephalus (the Dog-faced Dasyurus.). 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 227 Those dog-faced, Fierce-eyed, infernal ministers, dread goddesses! 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 91 379 The flying fox—a large, dog-faced, frugivorous bat whose wing span is often little short of 4½ feet. 1986 R. Bakker Dinosaur Heresies (1988) ii. 34 A host of short-legged and ugly reptiles, the beaked rhynchosaurs, the dog-faced cynodonts, and..the big-headed thecodonts. 2002 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Oct. 332/1 Degas was not exaggerating when he revealed his dancers to have been a depressingly dog-faced bunch. 2. Designating a baboon. Cf. dog-faced baboon n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds Pl. XIV Dog faced Monkey. 1884 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 175 524 In this animal—a large dog-faced Monkey—the frontal regions were exposed in both hemispheres. 1909 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 8 300 The other [idol] is in the form of a dog-faced monkey, known as ‘Waka-Gbekre’. 1954 Southwestern Jrnl. Anthropol. 10 162 (table) Dog-faced ape (Cynocephalus). Compounds dog-faced baboon n. any of various baboons (genus Papio); cf. dog-head n. 2, dogshead n. 2, and cynocephalus n. 2 (all earlier). 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 1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 400 The Dog-faced Baboon is distinguished by a longer tail than the rest of its kind. 1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches viii. 274 The ursine or dog-faced baboon..is covered with shaggy hair, of a greenish brown colour. 1914 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 13 377 In the grass country [of the Gold Coast] are found large baboons, called the ‘dog-faced’ baboon; these are dangerous animals. 1987 She Nov. 145/1 This was the real Africa. Monkeys and dog-faced baboons,..herds of humped n'dama cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1607 |
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