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Postencephalon :: Postencephalon (n.) The metencephalon.

Cephalopodic :: Cephalopodic (a.) Alt. of Cephalopodou.

Eagle :: Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the

Encephaloid :: Encephaloid (a.) Resembling the material of the brain; cerebriform.

Brachyura :: Brachyura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix..

Dolichocephalism :: Dolichocephalism (n.) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic.

Macrocephalous :: Macrocephalous (a.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body..

Acaleph :: Acaleph (n.) Alt. of Acalepha.

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..

Yak :: Yak (n.) A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc..

Lyencephalous :: Lyencephalous (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Lyencephala..

Post-abdomen :: Post-abdomen (n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

Cephalotrocha :: Cephalotrocha (n.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Vulcan :: Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..

Octocerata :: Octocerata (n.pl.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda..

Gladius :: Gladius (n.) The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids..

Stegosauria :: Stegocephala (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta..

Hydrozoa :: Hydrozoa (n. pl.) The Acalephae; one of the classes of coelenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora..

Pons :: Pons (n.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain..

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