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Definition of skull
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of skull is as below...
Skull (n.) The
skeleton
of the head of a
vertebrate
animal,
including
the brain case, or
cranium,
and the bones and
cartilages
of the face and
mouth.
See
Illusts.
of
Carnivora,
of
Facial
angles
under
Facial,
and of
Skeleton,
in
Appendix..
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Corona
::
Corona
(n.) The upper
surface
of some part, as of a tooth or the
skull;
a
crown..
Levator
::
Levator
(n.) A
surgical
instrument
used to raise a
depressed
part of the
skull.
Skullfish
::
Skullfish
(n.) A
whaler's
name for a whale more than two years old.
Postfrontal
::
Postfrontal
(a.)
Situated
behind
the
frontal
bone or the
frontal
region
of the
skull;
--
applied
especially
to a bone back of and below the
frontal
in many
animals.
Trepan
::
Trepan
(n.) A
crown-saw
or
cylindrical
saw for
perforating
the
skull,
turned,
when used, like a bit or
gimlet.
See
Trephine..
Acrania
::
Acrania
(n.) The
lowest
group of
Vertebrata,
including
the
amphioxus,
in which no skull
exists..
Orthognathous
::
Orthognathous
(a.)
Having
the front of the head, or the
skull,
nearly
perpendicular,
not
retreating
backwards
above the jaws; --
opposed
to
prognathous.
See
Gnathic
index,
under
Gnathic..
Sperm Whale
::
Sperm whale () A very large
toothed
whale
(Physeter
macrocephalus),
having
a head of
enormous
size. The upper jaw is
destitute
of
teeth.
In the upper part of the head, above the
skull,
there is a large
cavity,
or case,
filled
with oil and
spermaceti.
This whale
sometimes
grows to the
length
of more than
eighty
feet. It is found in the
warmer
parts of all the
oceans.
Called
also
cachalot,
and
spermaceti
whale..
Phrenology
::
Phrenology
(n.) In
popular
usage,
the
physiological
hypothesis
of Gall, that the
mental
faculties,
and
traits
of
character,
are shown on the
surface
of the head or
skull;
craniology..
Mazard
::
Mazard
(n.) The jaw; the head or
skull.
Flat
::
Flat (n.) A dull
fellow;
a
simpleton;
a
numskull.
Maxillo-palatine
::
Maxillo-palatine
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
maxillary
and
palatine
regions
of the
skull;
as, the
maxillo-palatine
process
of the
maxilla.
Also used as n..
Trepan
::
Trepan
(v. t. & i.) To
perforate
(the
skull)
with a
trepan,
so as to
remove
a
portion
of the bone, and thus
relieve
the brain from
pressure
or
irritation;
to
perform
an
operation
with the
trepan..
Paroccipital
::
Paroccipital
(a.)
Situated
near or
beside
the
occipital
condyle
or the
occipital
bone;
paramastoid;
--
applied
especially
to a
process
of the skull in some
animals.
Paramastoid
::
Paramastoid
(a.)
Situated
beside,
or near, the
mastoid
portion
of the
temporal
bone;
paroccipital;
--
applied
especially
to a
process
of the skull in some
animals..
Atlas
::
Atlas (n.) The first
vertebra
of the neck,
articulating
immediately
with the
skull,
thus
sustaining
the globe of the head,
whence
the
name..
Gross-headed
::
Gross-headed
(a.)
Thick-skulled;
stupid.
Hyostylic
::
Hyostylic
(a.)
Having
the
mandible
suspended
by the
hyomandibular,
or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in
fishes,
instead
of
directly
articulated
with the skull as in
mammals;
-- said of the
skull..
Parieto-
::
Parieto-
() A
combining
form used to
indicate
connection
with, or
relation
to, the
parietal
bones or the
parietal
segment
of the
skull;
as, the
parieto-mastoid
suture..
Paxwax
::
Paxwax
(n.) The
strong
ligament
of the back of the neck in
quadrupeds.
It
connects
the back of the skull with
dorsal
spines
of the
cervical
vertebrae,
and helps to
support
the head.
Called
also
paxywaxy
and
packwax..
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