Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of baboons, of the family Cynopithecidæ.
- noun [lowercase] A dog-faced baboon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the family
Cynocephalidae .
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- noun type genus of the family Cynocephalidae
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Examples
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The monkey, called cynocephalus, plunders the harvests, the vultures attack the sick animals, the striped hyoena and the leopard prowl about the villages during the night; but the cattle are extremely beautiful, and the fish make the sea on this coast boil, and foam by their extraordinary numbers.
Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English Jean Baptiste Henri Savigny 1818
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It is usually the hideous Abyssinian cynocephalus which is tamed by the ape-leader popularly called Kuraydati (Lane, M.E., chaps. xx.).
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It is usually the hideous Abyssinian cynocephalus which is tamed by the ape-leader popularly called Kuraydati (Lane, M.E., chaps. xx.).
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The Thylacinus cynocephalus, or the Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest living mammalian carnivore in Australia until it recently became extinct.
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The recently extinct marsupial thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, was the largest living mammalian carnivore in Australia.
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Another species, the thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus (Ex), is thought to be extinct, having been last recorded in 1936, but there are unconfirmed reports of its continued survival.
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The more open grasslands and heathlands contain fewer mammal species, with the klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), sable antelope (Papio cynocephalus), eland (Taurotragus oryx) and hyraxes (Procavia capensis) being the most conspicuous.
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The 48 mammal species include Chacma baboon Papio cynocephalus ursinus, 5 species of carnivora including the blackbacked jackal Canis mesomelas, ardwolf Proteles cristatus and serval Felis serval, 11 species of artiodactyla and 16 species of rodentia, 11 of which last are endemic to South Africa.
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The mammal fauna of the forests and forest margins includes yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus), red-footed squirrel (Funiscurius pyrrhopus), blue duiker (Cephalophus monticola), and bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), but has been severely reduced through hunting.
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Other relatively widespread mammals include yellow baboon Papio cynocephalus, leopard Panthera pardus, spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta, the largest population of wild dog Lycaon pictus (EN, ~1,300) in Africa.
beautifulpyre commented on the word cynocephalus
From the Latin, "dog-head".
See cynocephaly.
April 30, 2009