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androcephalous

androcephalous adjective: having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.

Adjective

androcephalous (not comparable)

  1. Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.

Origin of androcephalous

From andro- + -cephalous.

Questions about androcephalous

What does androcephalous mean?
Androcephalous means having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
What part of speech is androcephalous?
Androcephalous is an adjective.

Words near androcephalous in the dictionary

  1. androblastomata
  2. androblastomatous
  3. androcentric
  4. androcentrically
  5. androcentrism
  6. androcephalous
  7. androchrome
  8. androchromes
  9. androcidal
  10. androcide
  11. Androcles

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