Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crania"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crania \Cra"ni*a\ (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to the cranium or skull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-?mz),
L. {Crania} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. ????; akin to ??? head.]
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}.
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