cynocephalic (adj.)
"having a head like a dog," 1825, from Latin, from Greek kyÅn (genitive kynos) "dog" (from PIE root *kwon- "dog") + kephalikos "pertaining to the head," from kephalÄ“ "head" (see cephalo-). Middle English had cino-cephales "fabled race of dog-headed creatures" (c. 1300).