cynocephalus

type genus of the family Cynocephalidae ;

cynocephalus variegatus

a variety of flying lemur ;

cynodon

creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa ;

cynodon dactylon

trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India ;

cynodon plectostachyum

perennial grass having stems 3 to 4 feet high; used especially in Africa and India for pasture and hay ;

cynodont

small carnivorous reptiles ;

cynodontia

a division of the order Therapsida from the Triassic period comprising small carnivorous tetrapod reptiles often with mammal-like teeth ;

cynoglossidae

tonguefishes ;

cynoglossum

a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae ;

cynoglossum amabile

biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers ;

cynoglossum officinale

biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers ;

cynoglossum virginaticum

perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers ;

cynomys

prairie dogs ;

cynomys gunnisoni

tail is white tipped ;

cynomys ludovicianus

tail is black tipped ;

cynophobia

a morbid fear of dogs ;

cynopterus

a genus of Megachiroptera ;

cynopterus sphinx

a variety of fruit eating bat ;

cynoscephalae

the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece ; the fields in Thessaly where in 197 BC the Romans defeated the Macedonians ;

cynoscion

sea trout ;

cynoscion nebulosus

weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States ;

cynoscion regalis

food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out ;

cynosure

something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice" ; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by" ;

cynthia

(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana ;

cynthia moth

large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus ;

cynwulf

Anglo-Saxon poet (circa 9th century) ;

cyon

Asiatic wild dog ;

cyperaceae

bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant ;

cyperus

type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions ;

cyperus alternifolius

African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves ;

cyperus esculentus

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers ;

cyperus longus

European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots ;

cyperus papyrus

tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times ;

cyperus rotundus

a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers ;

cypher

a message written in a secret code ; a secret method of writing ; a person of no influence ; a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" ; a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number ;

cyphomandra

tree tomato ;

cypraea

type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries ;

cypraea moneta

cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa ;

cypraea tigris

cowrie whose shell is used for ornament ;

cypraeidae

family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries ;