Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caput"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caput \Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita}
(k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.]
1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
capitulum.
2. The top or superior part of a thing.
3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of
Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb.
{Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum
after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless
residue.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caput
n 1: a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput
humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a
cavity in the scapula"
2: the upper or front part of the body in animals; contains the
face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" [syn:
{head}]
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