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Cynocephalus Hamadryas
(gcide) | Hamadryas \Ha*ma"dry*as\ (h[.a]*m[=a]"dr[i^]*[a^]s), n. [L., a
hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zool.)
The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
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Cynocephalus leucophaeus
(gcide) | Drill \Drill\, n. [Cf. Mandrill.] (Zool.)
A large African baboon (Cynocephalus leucoph[ae]us).
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Cynocephalus mormon
(gcide) | mandrill \man"drill\ (m[a^]n"dr[i^]l), n. [Cf. F. mandrille, Sp.
mandril, It. mandrillo; prob. the native name in Africa. Cf.
Drill an ape.] (Zool.)
A large West African baboon (Papio sphinx syn. {Mandrillus
sphinx}, formerly Cynocephalus mormon syn. Papio mormon).
The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked,
grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red.
It is an endangered species.
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Cynocephalus porcarius
(gcide) | Chacma \Chac"ma\, n. [Native name.]
A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius);
-- called also ursine baboon.
Note: [See Illust. of Baboon.]
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Cynocephalus sphinx
(gcide) | Papion \Pa"pi*on\, n. [Prob. from native name: cf. Sp. papion.]
(Zool.)
A West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx), allied to the
chacma. Its color is generally chestnut, varying in tint.
[1913 Webster]Sphinx \Sphinx\, n. [L., from Gr. sfi`gx, usually derived from
sfi`ggein to bind tight or together, as if the Throttler.]
1.
(a) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry,
having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a
hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion.
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The awful ruins of the days of old . . .
Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx. --Shelley.
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(b) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually
represented as having the winged body of a lion, and
the face and breast of a young woman.
Note: The most famous Grecian sphinx, that of Thebes in
B[oe]otia, is said to have proposed a riddle to the
Thebans, and killed those who were unable to guess it.
The enigma was solved by [OE]dipus, whereupon the
sphinx slew herself. "Subtle as sphinx." --Shak.
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2. Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes,
especially in politics and diplomacy.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large moths of the
family Sphingidae; -- called also hawk moth. See also
tomato worm.
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Note: The larva is a stout naked caterpillar which, when at
rest, often assumes a position suggesting the Egyptian
sphinx, whence the name.
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4. (Zool.) The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon ({Cynocephalus
sphinx}).
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Sphinx baboon (Zool.), a large West African baboon
(Cynocephalus sphinx), often kept in menageries.
Sphinx moth. (Zool.) Same as Sphinx, 3.
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Cynocephalus variegatus
(gcide) | Flying lemur \Fly"ing le"mur\ (Zool.)
either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East
Indies (Cynocephalus variegatus) or the Phillipines
(Cynocephalus volans) having broad folds of skin between
the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing
them to make long gliding leaps; they have been classed in
the separate order Dermoptera. They are arboreal and have
become rare.
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Cynocephalus volans
(gcide) | Flying lemur \Fly"ing le"mur\ (Zool.)
either of two nocturnal lemurlike mammals inhabiting the East
Indies (Cynocephalus variegatus) or the Phillipines
(Cynocephalus volans) having broad folds of skin between
the fore and hind limbs on both sides of the body allowing
them to make long gliding leaps; they have been classed in
the separate order Dermoptera. They are arboreal and have
become rare.
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Thylacinus cynocephalus
(gcide) | Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. Wolves. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv,
Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos,
Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in
pieces. [root]286. Cf. Lupine, a., Lyceum.]
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely
allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus),
the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis),
and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
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2. (Zool.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae
of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee
wolf.
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3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus. [Obs.]
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If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
into thy side. --Jer. Taylor.
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6. (Mus.)
(a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
(b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
vibration in certain notes of the scale.
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7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.
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Black wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
in the Pyrenees.
(b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
Golden wolf (Zool.), the Thibetan wolf (Canis laniger);
-- called also chanco.
Indian wolf (Zool.), an Asiatic wolf (Canis pallipes)
which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also landgak.
Prairie wolf (Zool.), the coyote.
Sea wolf. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Strand wolf (Zool.) the striped hyena.
Tasmanian wolf (Zool.), the zebra wolf.
Tiger wolf (Zool.), the spotted hyena.
To keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to
prevent starvation. See Wolf, 3, above. --Tennyson.
Wolf dog. (Zool.)
(a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
the St. Bernard dog.
(b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
(c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
dog.
Wolf eel (Zool.), a wolf fish.
Wolf fish (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
voracious marine fishes of the genus Anarrhichas,
especially the common species (Anarrhichas lupus) of
Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth
and powerful jaws. Called also catfish, sea cat, {sea
wolf}, stone biter, and swinefish.
Wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
numbers of fish.
Wolf's peach (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
(Lycopersicum esculentum).
Wolf spider (Zool.), any one of numerous species of running
ground spiders belonging to the genus Lycosa, or family
Lycosidae. These spiders run about rapidly in search of
their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in
color. See Illust. in App.
Zebra wolf (Zool.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
(Thylacinus cynocephalus) native of Tasmania; -- called
also Tasmanian wolf.
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cynocephalus
(wn) | Cynocephalus
n 1: type genus of the family Cynocephalidae [syn:
Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus] |
cynocephalus variegatus
(wn) | Cynocephalus variegatus
n 1: a variety of flying lemur |
genus cynocephalus
(wn) | genus Cynocephalus
n 1: type genus of the family Cynocephalidae [syn:
Cynocephalus, genus Cynocephalus] |
thylacinus cynocephalus
(wn) | Thylacinus cynocephalus
n 1: rare doglike carnivorous marsupial of Tasmania having
stripes on its back; probably extinct [syn: thylacine,
Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger, {Thylacinus
cynocephalus}] |
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