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Ceratosaurus :: Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix..

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..

Cranium :: Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull..

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

Headmould Shot :: Headmould shot () An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other at the sutures..

Dunderhead :: Dunderhead (n.) A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead.

Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..

Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..

Numskull :: Numskull (n.) A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

Amphioxus :: Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc..

Asterion :: Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures..

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.

Acrania :: Acrania (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists..

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..

Bucranium :: Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc..

Pan :: Pan (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium..

Pannikel :: Pannikel (n.) The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest..

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

Palatopterygoid :: Palatopterygoid (a.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed..

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