Definition of cephalous

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Cephalous (a.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks..

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Hetercephalous :: Hetercephalous (a.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.
Platy- :: Platy- () A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous..
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..
Podo- :: Podo- () A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology..
Dicephalous :: Dicephalous (a.) Having two heads on one body; double-headed.
Bicephalous :: Bicephalous (a.) Having two heads.
Aurocephalous :: Aurocephalous (a.) Having a gold-colored head.
Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..
Mesocephalous :: Mesocephalous (a.) Mesocephalic.
Megacephalous :: Megacephalous (a.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads..
Encephalous :: Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.
Macrencephalous :: Macrencephalous (a.) Having a large brain.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..
Monocephalous :: Monocephalous (a.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
Anencephalous :: Anencephalous (a.) Without a brain; brainless.
Hydrocephalous :: Hydrocephalous (a.) Having hydrocephalus.
Acanthocephalous :: Acanthocephalous (a.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala..
Dolichocephalous :: Dolichocephalous (a.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic..
Duykerbok :: Duykerbok (n.) A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo..
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