pigtailed, a.
(ˈpɪgteɪld)
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
1. Having a tail like a pig's; spec. in pigtailed macaque or pigtailed monkey, Macaca nemestrina, native to southern Asia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
| 1758 Edwards Glean. Nat. Hist. I. 8 The Pig-tailed Monkey, from the Island of Sumatra, in the Indian Sea. 1864 Atkinson List Provinc. Names Birds, Pig-tailed Winder, Prov. name for Pintail Duck. 1896 List Anim. Zool. Soc. (ed. 9) 24 Macacus nemestrinus..Pig-tailed Monkey... East Indies. 1932 S. Zuckerman Social Life Monkeys vi. 90 The cycle in the pig-tailed macaque varies roughly from thirty to forty days. Ibid. xi. 188 The pig-tailed monkeys that live on the Island of Singapore are believed to be escaped captives. 1969 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 19/8 A pig-tailed monkey was born at London Zoo on Sunday. The species..is named because of its ability to curl its tail like a pig's. 1977 Roonwal & Mohnot Primates of S. Asia 177 Owing to the local demand for pig-tailed macaques for food..its numbers are rapidly declining all over its range. |
2. Having a pigtail; tied up or plaited into a pigtail.
| 1754 J. Shebbeare Matrimony (1766) I. 189 Hair..powder'd and pig-tail'd. 1775 Sheridan St. Patr. Day ii. iv, All the pigtailed lawyers and bagwigged attorneys. 1791–3 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) I. 67 A pig-tailed periwig. 1892 Spectator 27 Feb. 305/1 To wonder at pig-tailed China. |