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caput
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caput has 2 senses
- caput(n = noun.shape) Array - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" is a kind of bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
- caput(n = noun.body) head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" is a part of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, body, organic structure, physical structure
has parts: muzzle, ear, arteria basilaris, basilar artery, brain, encephalon, skull, face, human face, temple
is a kind of external body part
has particulars: human head
CIDE DICTIONARY
caput, n. [L., the head.].
- The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. [1913 Webster]
- The top or superior part of a thing. [1913 Webster]
- The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. [1913 Webster]"Your caputs and heads of colleges." [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
caput
Council
N council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff, senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim, classis, Amphictyonic council, duma, house of representatives, legislative assembly, legislative council, riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate, court of appeal, board of control, board of works, vestry, county council, local board, audience chamber, council chamber, state chamber, cabinet council, privy council, cockpit, convocation, synod, congress, convention, diet, states-general, assembly, caucus, conclave, clique, conventicle, meeting, sitting, seance, conference, convention, exhibition, session, palaver, pourparler, durbar, house, quorum, council fire, powwow, primary, meeting, assemblage, member, senator, member of parliament, M, P, councilor, representative of the people, assemblyman, congressman, councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder, senatorial, curule, congressional, parliamentary, legislative, law-making, regulatory, deliberative.
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