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cynomorphic en · ADJ

Etymology

From cyno- + -morphic.

Meanings

1. doglike
   • What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute, as we all know. 1993, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Hidden Life of Dogs p. 134 (First Mariner Books edition 2010)
   • It was especially the unburied dead whose souls were considered to be cynomorphic in the ancient world: Lilja, Dogs, p. 35. 1991, David Gordon White, Myths of the dog-man:
   • 2009?, Beatrice Chandler Gesell, The Normal Child and Primary Education A dog cannot help but be cynomorphic in his mentality and attitude.
   • The company of these excellent animals in my childhood gave a kind of cynomorphic twist to my philosophy and an enjoyment of animal society... 1946, Blackwood's magazine:

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cynomorphizing · cynomorphism · cynomorph