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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Ganocephalous :: Ganocephalous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ganocephala.
Platy- :: Platy- () A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous..
Platycephalous :: Platycephalous (a.) Broad-headed.
Bicephalous :: Bicephalous (a.) Having two heads.
Dicephalous :: Dicephalous (a.) Having two heads on one body; double-headed.
Microcephalous :: Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
Aurocephalous :: Aurocephalous (a.) Having a gold-colored head.
Hetercephalous :: Hetercephalous (a.) Bearing two kinds of heads or capitula; -- said of certain composite plants.
Monocephalous :: Monocephalous (a.) Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
Podocephalous :: Podocephalous (a.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk..
Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.
Cephalous :: Cephalous (a.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks..
Macrencephalous :: Macrencephalous (a.) Having a large brain.
Dolichocephalous :: Dolichocephalous (a.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic..
Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..
Hydrocephalous :: Hydrocephalous (a.) Having hydrocephalus.
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..
Podo- :: Podo- () A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology..
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