long-necked en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Having a long neck.
Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?
1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more long-necked | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most long-necked | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (3)
ang langswēored (having a long neck) · ar أَتْلَع (having a long neck) · pt pescoçudo (having a long neck)