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cyno-

A dog.

Greek kuōn, dog.

Examples include cynodont, a fossil carnivore with dog-like teeth, and cynophilia, a love of dogs (with its opposite, cynophobia). A cynosure, now anything which is the centre of attention or admiration, derives from Greek kunosoura, literally ‘dog's tail’, the Greek name for the constellation that contains the pole star, long used for navigation.

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