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brachiopoda |
brachiopodous |
brachium |
brachman |
brachycatalectic |
brachycephalic
| brachycephalism
| brachycephalous
| brachycephaly
| brachyceral
| brachychiton
brachycephalic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brachycephalic has 1 sense
- brachycephalic(n = noun.person) Array - an adult with a short broad head; Array is a kind of adult, grownup
Adjective brachycephalic has 1 sense
- brachycephalic(a = adj.all) brachycranial, brachycranic - having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80; Array Derived form noun brachycephaly1
Antonym: dolichocephalic
CIDE DICTIONARY
brachycephalic, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + head.].
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brachycephalic, adj. having a broad short head.
Derivative
brachycephalous adj.
Etymology
BRACHY- + Gk kephale head
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