Crossword-Solution: OTOCYON
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OTOCYON | anagram | OTYCOON |
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| The Cape fox. | 1 answer |
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Section of a curve
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Hint 1 meaning
The apparent arc described, above or below the horizon, by the
sun or other celestial body. The diurnal arc is described during the
daytime, the nocturnal arc during the night.
Hint 2 anagram
ACR
Hint 3 another clue
AID WHEN GOING TO COURT
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Sentences with OTOCYON (4)
Other carnivora more or less common to the colony are the spotted hyena, aard-wolf (or _Proteles_), silver jackal, the _Otocyon_ or Cape wild dog, and various kinds of wild cats.
Whatever differences of opinion may obtain among naturalists as to the propriety of separating generically the foxes from the wolves and dogs, there can be none as to the claim of the long-eared fox (_Otocyon megalotis_) of south and east Africa to represent a genus by itself.
The additional molars in _Otocyon_ were regarded as survivals from a primitive type when a larger number was the rule.
The teeth vary somewhat in number, and the following table will serve to indicate the gradual reduction observable in the number of molars:-- _Otocyon_ I 3/3 C 1/1 Pm 4/4 M (3 or 4)/4 _Canis_ generally I 3/3 C 1/1 Pm 4/4 M (3 or 2)/(4 or 3) _Cyon_ I 3/3 C 1/1 Pm 4/4 M 2/2 _Icticyon_ I 3/3 C 1/1 Pm 4/4 M (2 or 1)/2 All the Dogs have a caecum[287] of simple cylindrical form.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1953).