Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brachycephalic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brachycephalic
adj : having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
[syn: {brachycranial}, {brachycranic}] [ant: {dolichocephalic}]
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