Meanings
- uncountableThe study of dogs.
1951, The American Mercury, Students of cynology can trace in the dictionary the dog's remarkable rise in the public esteem in this century.
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Professor Mills has done excellent work in his course on "Cynology, the Dog and his Diseases," a subject hitherto only taught incidentally in any college ...
1892, The Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Archives1985, The Complete Dog Book, published by the American Kennel Club, The annals of cynology make no further mention of the breed until 1901 when a combined Rottweiler and Leonberger Club was formed.
1990, Austin Farrer, in his introduction to G. W. Leibniz’ Theodicy; quoted in Charles Taliaferro’s 2005 Evidence and Faith, Now neither probatology nor cynology could hope to be universal — the world is not all sheep nor all dog: it would have to be hylology; ...
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Translations
Czech kynologie
- kynologiestudy of dogs
Dutch kynologie
- kynologiestudy of dogs
Esperanto cinologio
- cinologiostudy of dogs
Finnish kynologia
- kynologiastudy of dogs
French cynologie
- cynologiestudy of dogs
Italian cinologia
- cinologiastudy of dogs
Malay kinologi, kaji anjing
- kinologistudy of dogs
- kaji anjingstudy of dogs
Polish kynologia
- kynologiastudy of dogs
Portuguese cinologia
- cinologiastudy of dogs
Russian кинология
- кинология (kinologija)study of dogs
Slovak kynológia
- kynológiastudy of dogs
Spanish cinología
- cinologíastudy of dogs
Swedish kynologi
- kynologistudy of dogs
Ukrainian кіноло́гія
- кіноло́гія (kinolóhija)study of dogs
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cynology
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cynology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynology
“cynology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cynology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cynology.
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