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The system by which Russians over the ages named their sighthounds was a series of descriptive terms rather than actual names. Borzoi is the masculine singular form of an archaic Russian adjective that means 'fast'. Borzaya sobaka ('fast dog') is the basic term for sighthounds used by Russians, though sobaka is usually dropped.
In Yugioh the Great Long Nose card is modeled after the Tengu. Nuzleaf and Shiftry from the Pokémon franchise are based on the tengu. [45] [46] The tengu featured in the 2013 movie 47 Ronin, with their lord played by Togo Igawa. [47] Tactics features a shinto onmyoji who spends his life searching for a tengu, whom he names Haruka and another ...
Dolichocephaly (derived from the Ancient Greek δολιχός 'long' and κεφαλή 'head') is a term used to describe a head that is longer than average relative to its width. In humans, scaphocephaly is a form of dolichocephaly. Dolichocephalic dogs (such as the Lurcher or German Shepherd) have elongated noses.
The nose is typically pushed in, meaning the nostrils are small and narrow. This all alters the soft tissue structures, to the extent that the soft palate has no room and will hang down into the ...
Molossus dog. Terracotta statue. Boboli Gardens, Italy. The Molossus belonged to the tribe of the Molossians, from Epirus in northern Greece in about 1200 BC, coming from the north. However, their artifacts did not resemble the Mastiff prototype, as they had a long nose of a narrow type, and a long mane.
The Papillon (French pronunciation:, French for 'butterfly[-eared]'), also called the Continental Toy Spaniel, is a breed of dog, of the spaniel type.One of the oldest of the toy spaniels, it derives its name from its characteristic butterfly-like look of the long and fringed hair on the ears.
Canine terminology in this article refers only to dog terminology, specialized terms describing the characteristics of various external parts of the domestic dog, as well as terms for structure, movement, and temperament. This terminology is not typically used for any of the wild species or subspecies of wild wolves, foxes, coyotes, dholes ...
A dog’s life span may be linked to the size of its schnoz, according to a new study of data from more than 584,000 dogs across the United Kingdom. How long will your dog live? Measure its nose