dogface

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a California dogface butterfly

Etymology

From dog +‎ face.

Pronunciation

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Noun

dogface (plural dogfaces)

  1. (US military, slang) A foot soldier, especially during World War II.
    • 1962, Joseph Commings, “The X Street Murders”, in The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible Mysteries, published 2006:
      Yass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.
  2. (slang, derogatory) An ugly person.
  3. Either of two pierid butterflies of the New World genus Zerene.