A person who studies or traces the genealogy and breeding lines of dogs; a dog pedigree expert.
From Greek 'kyon' (dog) plus 'genealogia' (tracing ancestry) plus '-ist' (one who practices). Victorian dog-breeding enthusiasts created this term.
Before computers, cynogenealogists were the keepers of dog family trees—they could recite a purebred dog's entire ancestry back many generations, crucial for showing and breeding!
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