long-necked

adjective

Having a long neck.

Opposite
short-necked
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Meanings

adjectivelong-necked (comparative more long-necked, superlative most long-necked)

comparative more long-necked · superlative most long-necked

  1. Having a long neck.

    Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?

    1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210

    Antonyms: short-necked

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a long neck.

Opposite
short-necked

Translations

Arabic أَتْلَع
  • أَتْلَع (ʔatlaʕ)having a long neck
Portuguese pescoçudo
  • pescoçudohaving a long neck
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APA

long-necked. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-necked

MLA

“long-necked.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-necked. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long-necked,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long-necked.

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