单词 | dog-head monkey |
释义 | > as lemmasdog-head monkey 2. = dog-faced baboon n. at dog-faced adj. Compounds; also dog-head monkey. Cf. dogshead n. 2.Chiefly in glosses of Latin cynocephalus. 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 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 10 Cynocephales, are a kinde of Apes whose heads are like Dogges..wherefore Gaza translateth then [sic] Canicipites, that is: Dog-heads. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams 558/2 The Oorang-ootang, or baboon; called by the ancients Cynocephalus or Dog-head, having a head somewhat resembling a dog's. 1851 Encycl. Americana I. 506/2 Baboon... This genus is the cynocephalus, or dog-head monkies of modern naturalists. 1869 Debow's Rev. June 482 The baboon has a head not unlike a bulldog, and was called by the ancients canocephalus, or dog-head. < as lemmas |
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