cyno-
combining form
indicating a dog
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cynopodous
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cynophobia
Origin
from Greek kuōn dogcyno-
combining form
- of or relating to dogs表示“(与)犬类(有关)的”:
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cynodont.
词源
from Greek kuōn, kun- 'dog'.
1863 H. Kingsley A. Elliot xxiv. (1865) 223He was the greatest..cynoclept, or dog-dealer, in England.
1839 New Monthly Mag. LVI. 63Your good cynogenealogist will trace out..the pedigree of any particular race.
1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Sept. 662/2They set up a ‘Cynological Institute’ in ..Prague . [ in 1911]
1926 A. Huxley Essays New & Old 201No cynological philosopher has arisen to denounce the abject degeneracy of the Irish terrier.
1948 C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs inBrit. iii. 17A foundation upon which cynologists might work out the origin of breeds.
1878 Bartley tr. Topinard'sAnthrop. Introd. 9Cynology being the natural history of the dog.
1890 G. Fleming in 19thCent. Mar. 505Consider the perpetual abolition of the diabolical muzzle, ye cynophilists.
1879 M. D. Conway Demonol. I. ii. v. 136The wild notion of Goethe, joined with his cynophobia.
1706 Phillips ( ed. Kersey),Cynorrhodon, the wild Rose, or Sweet-brier Rose.
1744 Armstrong Preserv. Health i. 278Where the cynorhodon with the rose For fragrance vies.
1817 N. Drake Shaks. II. 81The colour of the cynorhodon, or canker-rose.
cyno-
— see cyn-
— see cyn-
cyno-
Prefix
- Forming compound words having the sense of "dog".
Etymology
Combining form of Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn, “dog”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with cyno-