white-faced

American  

[hwahyt-feyst, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌfeɪst, ˈwaɪt- /

adjective

1. having a white or pale face.

2. marked with white on the front of the head, as a horse.

3. having a white front or surface.

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Etymology

Origin of white-faced

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

The study, published today in Science Advances, adds to another recent finding that Brazilian white-faced capuchin monkeys also produce stone flakes.

From Science Magazine

Portraits by mostly foreign artists, Hans Holbein first among them, chart England’s most mythologized dynasty from Henry VII, who won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, to Elizabeth I, whom we see transform from a marriageable young monarch to a white-faced virgin queen.

From New York Times

In addition to the salmon that are once again spawning at Steigerwald Lake, there have been sightings of uncommon birds like white-faced ibis, black-necked stilts and great-tailed grackles, Fernandez said.

From Seattle Times

The white-faced storm petrels at risk there were especially charismatic—they appear to walk on water—and easily gained public support.

From Scientific American

There are herds of long-billed curlews and congregations of white-faced ibises, in fact, 20 percent of the entire world’s population of them.

From New York Times