Long-necked

The study did rule out the possibility that Nessie, the favorite of folklore, is a long-necked ancient reptile called a plesiosaur. The study also rejected speculations that it might be a Greenland shark or a giant sturgeon.

Traditional culture has rebounded as can be seen by the popularity of lezginka — a dance where women float like long-necked swans, and men strut like eagles, wearing swords and imitation cartridge belts.

Away from the village, there was an enclosure containing several large animals of a kind I had not seen before—shaggy, long-necked, small-headed creatures who stood or lay at ease around their pen. Alpacas?