a. [Ultimately f. Gr. κυνόμορφος, f. κυνο- dog- + μορφή form. Cf. mod.F. cynomorphe dog-shaped.]
1. Zool. Belonging to the division Cynomorpha of catarrhine monkeys.
2. (nonce-use, app. after anthropomorphic.). Relating to a dog’s ideas and ways of looking at things. So Cynomorphism.
1892. L. Robinson, in Contemp. Rev., Sept., 360. An instance of the operation of the cynomorphic idea can be seen in the behaviour of a dog when a bone is given to him. Ibid., 359. There is, affecting the dog’s point of view, almost undoubtedly such a thing as cynomorphism.
