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Acanthocephalous
Acanthocephalous A*can`tho*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
AcephalousAcephalous A*ceph"a*lous, a. [See Acephal.]
1. Headless.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to
bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of
from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence. --De
Quincey.
6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
--Brande. AnencephalousAnencephalic An*en`ce*phal"ic, Anencephalous
An`en*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. ?, priv. + ? the brain: cf.
Encephalon.] (Zo["o]l.)
Without a brain; brainless. --Todd & B. Aurocephalous
Aurocephalous Au`ro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Aurum + cephalous.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Having a gold-colored head.
Autocephalous
Autocephalous Au`to*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. ? independent; ? self
+ ? head.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal
jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
Brachycephalous
Brachycephalic Brach`y*ce*phal"ic, Brachycephalous
Brach`y*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Cephalous
Cephalous Ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. ? head.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a
division of mollusks.
Cephalous mergensDuykerbok Duy"ker*bok, n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit.,
diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into
the bush.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); --
called also impoon, and deloo. Dicephalous
Dicephalous Di*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. ?; di- = di`s- twice + ?
head.]
Having two heads on one body; double-headed.
DolichocephalousDolichocephalic Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic, Dolichocephalous
Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous, a. [Gr. ? long + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth;
long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic. --
Dol`i*cho*ceph"al, a. & n. Encephalous
Encephalous En*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to
acephalous.
Ganocephalous
Ganocephalous Gan`o*ceph"a*lous, a. (Paleon.)
Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
GyrencephalousGyrencephala Gyr"en*ceph`a*la, n. pl. [NL. fr. Gr. ? round+ ?
the brain.] (Zo["o]l.)
The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is
convoluted. -- Gyr"en*ceph"a*lous, a. Hetercephalous
Hetercephalous Het`er*ceph"a*lous, a. [Hetero- + Gr.? head.]
(Bot.)
Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain
composite plants.
Hydrocephalous
Hydrocephalous Hy`dro*ceph"a*lous, a.
Having hydrocephalus. ``Hydrocephalous offspring.' --G.
Eliot.
Lyencephalous
Lyencephalous Ly`en*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala.
Macrencephalous
Macrencephalic Mac`ren*ce*phal"ic, Macrencephalous
Mac`ren*ceph"a*lous, a. [Macro + encephalic, encephalous.]
Having a large brain.
Macrocephalous
Macrocephalous Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the
head.]
1. Having a large head.
2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo
confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest
of the body. --Henslow.
Megacephalous
Megacephalic Meg`a*ce*phal"ic, Megacephalous
Meg`a*ceph"a*lous, a. [Mega- + Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.)
Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they
have large flower heads.
Mesaticephalous
Mesaticephalous Mes`a*ti*ceph"a*lous, a. (Anat.)
Mesaticephalic.
Mesocephalous
Mesocephalous Mes`o*ceph"a*lous, a. (Anat.)
Mesocephalic.
Micrencephalous
Micrencephalous Mi`cren*ceph"a*lous, [Micr- + Gr. ? brain.]
Having a small brain.
MicrocephalousMicrocephalic Mi`cro*ce*phal"ic, Microcephalous
Mi`cro*ceph"a*lous, a. [Micro- + cephalic, cephalous.] (Anat.)
Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; --
opposed to megacephalic. Monocephalous
Monocephalous Mon`o*ceph"a*lous, a. [Mono- + Gr. kefalh`
head.] (Bot.)
Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite
plants.
Myelencephalous
Myelencephalous My`e*len*ceph"a*lous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Myelencephala.
Platycephalous
Platycephalic Plat`y*ce*phal"ic, Platycephalous
Plat`y*ceph"a*lous, a. [Platy + Gr. ? head.] (Anat.)
Broad-headed.
Podocephalous
Podocephalous Pod`o*ceph"a*lous, a. [Podo- + Gr. ? head.]
(Bot.)
Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
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