long-necked

English

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Adjective

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

  1. Having a long neck.
    Antonym: short-necked
    • 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 7”, in Imago, page 210:
      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?

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