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cephalisms

cephalisms is the plural of cephalism.

Meaning of cephalism

Noun

cephalism (plural cephalisms)

  1. (obsolete) An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure.
    • Thee closer connection off the subdivisions of the annelid is only one of degree; and as to having more organs in common than the Salpa it is rather like the community of interest which the coral cephalisms have in the main trunk.1870, The American Journal of Science and Arts, page 74

Questions about cephalisms

What is cephalisms the plural of?
Cephalisms is the plural of cephalism.

Words near cephalisms in the dictionary

  1. cephalines
  2. cephalins
  3. cephalisation
  4. cephalisations
  5. cephalism
  6. cephalisms
  7. cephalistic
  8. cephalitis
  9. cephalization
  10. cephalizations
  11. cephalized

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