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An "aquiline" nasal profile From parody nose classification Notes on Noses: "It indicates great decision, considerable Energy, Firmness, Absence of Refinement, and disregard for the bienseances of life". [1] An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose) is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly ...
McCarthy was thirty-three; overage for a company commander. He was Irish and he looked it: husky, red complexioned, pug nose. Superior officers sometimes found his manner abrasive, but unlike many Irishmen, he wasn't talkative. He was, in fact, laconic and tight-lipped. “I don't like malarkey or bullshit,” the Chicagoan often said.
Some deformities of the nose are named, such as the pug nose and the saddle nose. The pug nose is characterised by excess tissue from the apex that is out of proportion to the rest of the nose. A low and underdeveloped nasal bridge may also be evident. [37] A saddle nose deformity involving the collapse of the bridge of the nose is mostly ...
The Shar Pei does not have the flat-faced look of a bulldog or pug, but their noses are short relative to the size of their head, and therefore they are included in the list of brachycephalic breeds.
Eupithecia satyrata, the satyr pug, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found from Ireland , through northern and central Europe (from Scandinavia to the northern Mediterranean ) east to all of Russia and central Asia and western Siberia to Tibet .
Brachycephalic, or shortened muzzled, sometimes so short that it can lead to breathing problems, such as in the Pug. Dish-faced refers to a dog whose nasal bone is higher at the nose than at the stop. Dolichocephalic, or long and narrow, as seen in most "hounds" like a Borzoi or other breeds such as the Rough Collie and the grey wolf.
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Eupithecia plumbeolata, the lead-coloured pug, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species can be found all over Europe ranging to the Urals, then through Central Asia to Siberia and to Sayan mountains, the Altai and the Amur. In the Alps, the species occurs up 2000 metres above sea level and in the Pyrenees up to in 2400 metres.