[binx44]

I was doing some more research on the breed of dog I want and I came across some words that when I type into Google its still not helping me figure out what they mean. The words are Mesophorme and Macrothalic. The sentences in the quotations is from the website

"Conformation of the body:

The proportion between the height and lengh is approximately 2/3 (unto the tail's insertion)

Type
A mesophorme and macrothalic."

[jmbomm]

The words are both complex and could possibly be loose translations/derivations from other languages. The prefixes are simple enough, "macro" meaning big/great(er/est) and "meso" meaning medium or intermediate. The word thallic seems to pertain to either the chemical element Thallium or to description about plant life. Reference.com claims that wikipeida says "macrothallic" refers to being big or thick in body, but the wikipedia article doesn't exist (and if it did, try never to trust wikipedia). Phorme is a suffix that I cannot find anything on, which includes university sources and a latin translator. It could be a typo or someone trying to use jargon that doesn't exist.

My suggestion would be to examine the tail itself and describe it. Is it thick? Long? Curved? And how so to all of these questions. That may point you in the right direction to finding out what it is that the author is trying to say.

Otherwise, if your source is a website (as opposed to a book) you can try to contact the author/webmaster about the term.

[binx44]

Thanks a bunch that helped a bit more. :D

[SweetDee]

I looked them up and they cannot be found in any dictionary... which leads me to believe that they are not words in their original meaning, like they are derivitives of words that are not spelled in it's original form. Hope that makes sense...