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单词 dog-headed
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dog-headedadj.

Brit. /ˌdɒɡˈhɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˈdɔɡˌhɛdəd/, /ˈdɑɡˌhɛdəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dog n.1, headed adj.
Etymology: < dog n.1 + headed adj. With sense 2 compare dog-head n. 2 and its model classical Latin cynocephalus.
1. Having a dog's head, or a head like that of a dog.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [adjective] > of hybrid creatures
dog-headed1587
tauro-serpentine1855
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having particular kind of head
hammer-headed1567
golden-headed1625
logger-headed1653
stag-headed1683
round-headed1704
dog-headed1750
acanthocephalous1833
pike-headed1859
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 119 What is to be said of Plinie with his Dogheaded men?
1658 N. Billingsley Κοσμοβρεϕια: Infancy of World 166 Cylenius, in Egypt worship'd is, In the shape of Dog-headed Anubis.
1750 R. Heath Nat. & Hist. Acct. Scilly 325 The Seal, in Body, is not much unlike the Pig, but Dog-headed, and Web-footed.
1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. 161 Would it be imagined that a dog-headed nation once existed from the figure of Latrator Anubis?
1877 J. C. Geikie Life & Words Christ I. iv. 47 The barking, dog-headed Anubis.
1917 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 30 421 There is a peculiar tribe..living fifteen miles east of Fu-chou, in Fu-kien, called Sia. They are said to be descendants of a dog-headed ancestor, styled Go Sing Da.
1954 M. Bullock tr. P. Herrmann Conquest by Man ix. 338 Legends of dogheaded men are not rare either.
2005 M. Atwood Penelopiad xv. 110 The dreaded Furies, snake-haired, dog-headed, bat-winged.
2. Designating a baboon (genus Papio), or a particular kind of baboon. Cf. dog-head n. 2, and also dog-faced adj. 2, dog-faced baboon n. at dog-faced adj. Compounds.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Cynocephalus, a Kind of Ape with an Head like a Dog; the Dog headed Baboon or Monkey.
1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 46 The Dog-headed Monkeys..have an elongated muzzle truncated at the end.
1895 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 10 235 We find two kinds of monkeys climbing up the palm-trees; the dog-headed baboon, the sacred animal of Thoth; and the round-headed monkey.
1923 J. Hornell Indian Boat Designs 192 Dog-headed apes and incense trees, both distinctive of Somaliland and South Arabia.
1990 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 110 757/1 The middle register of the west wall should indicate three dog-headed baboons.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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