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CYNOCEPHALUS

\sˈa͡ɪnə͡ʊsfˌaləs], \sˈa‍ɪnə‍ʊsfˌaləs], \s_ˈaɪ_n_əʊ_s_f_ˌa_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of CYNOCEPHALUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A monster with a head sloping back from the orbits, resembling that of a dog.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

s[=i]-no-sef'al-us, n. the dog-faced baboon: a race of men with dogs' heads. [Gr. ky[=o]n, kynos, dog, kephal[=e], head.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Fabulous dog-headed man; (Zool.) dog-faced baboon. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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