moustached, a.
(mʊˈstɑːʃt, -æ-, məs-)
[f. moustache n. + ed2.]
Furnished with a moustache.
| 1843 Borrow Bible in Spain xl, His..moustached lips. |
| transf. 1881 Blackmore Christowell xiii, The trees, moustached with moss and fungus. |
b. spec. in names of animals, as
moustached guenon,
moustached honey-eater,
moustached monkey,
moustached tamarin,
moustached warbler.
| 1837 Gould Birds Europe II. pl. 111 Moustached Warbler. 1848 ― Birds Australia IV. pl. 26 Meliphaga mystacalis, Gould. Moustached Honey-eater. 1896 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 142 The so-called Moustached Tamarin (Midas mystax, Spix). 1897 Ibid. II. 53 The Moustached Guenon. Cercopithecus cephus. Ibid. 54 The Moustached Monkey. |