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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.
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 rough longnose dogfish has an extremely long snout, no anal fin, small grooved dorsal spines, and rough, pitchfork-shaped dermal denticles. The first dorsal fin is long and narrow. Maximum length is 109 cm. [ 2 ] Found in the Eastern Atlantic around Madeira and in the western Pacific around southern Japan , this shark is rarely seen, but ...
According to a 2021 study on Griffon breeds by the Veterinary Record Open, nasal hyperkeratosis – a skin condition that causes a dog’s skin in the nose to thicken – is a common development ...
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 ...
Dog owners can’t get enough of one name, and now it ranks as the most popular in the country. Bella ranks No. 1 and Luna No. 2 on a list of top names given to pups, according to U.S. News ...
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.
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 ...