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cephaline

cephaline adjective: having a head-like section in the upper body. Also the archaic form of cephalin.

Adjective

cephaline (not comparable)

  1. having a head-like section in the upper body.
    Synonyms:
    septate

Also used as

cephaline is also the archaic form of cephalin.

Synonyms of cephaline

Antonyms

Forms of cephaline

pluralcephalines

Origin of cephaline

From cephalo- + -ine.

Questions about cephaline

What does cephaline mean?
Cephaline means having a head-like section in the upper body.
What part of speech is cephaline?
Cephaline is an adjective.

Words near cephaline in the dictionary

  1. cephalic fins
  2. cephalically
  3. cephalick
  4. cephalics
  5. cephalin
  6. cephaline
  7. cephalines
  8. cephalins
  9. cephalisation
  10. cephalisations
  11. cephalism

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