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Craniognomy :: Craniognomy (n.) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

Stephanite :: Stephanion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture..

Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

Otocrane :: Otocrane (n.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

Brainpan :: Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Craniota :: Craniota (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull..

Gross-headed :: Gross-headed (a.) Thick-skulled; stupid.

Plagiocephaly :: Plagiocephaly (n.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Skullfish :: Skullfish (n.) A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Skull :: 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..

Sapskull :: Sapskull (n.) A saphead.

Petrohyoid :: Petrohyoid (a.) Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog..

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..

Acrania :: Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.

Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.

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..

Acrocephaly :: Acrocephaly (n.) Loftiness of skull.

Lambda :: Lambda (n.) The point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull.

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