cynocephalic etymology

English word cynocephalic comes from English cyno- (Forming compound words having the sense of "dog".), English -cephalic ((type or number of) head.)

Detailed word origin of cynocephalic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
cyno- English (eng) Forming compound words having the sense of "dog".
-cephalic English (eng) (type or number of) head.
cynocephalic English (eng) (fiction, history) Of or relating to dogheads, humanoid dog-headed monsters.. Dog-headed; having the head of a dog or a head that resembles a dog's head.

Words with the same origin as cynocephalic

Descendants of cyno-
cynocephaly cynodont cynolatry cynology cynomorph cynophile cynophobe cynophobia
Descendants of -cephalic
leptocephalic megacephalic megalocephalic monocephalic nanocephalic normocephalic plagiocephalic polycephalic zoocephalic