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cephaloid

cephaloid adjective: shaped like the head or the brain.

Adjective

cephaloid (comparative more cephaloid, superlative most cephaloid)

  1. Shaped like the head or the brain.
    Synonyms:
    headlike

Synonyms of cephaloid

Forms of cephaloid

comparativemore cephaloid
superlativemost cephaloid

Origin of cephaloid

From cephalo- + -oid.

Questions about cephaloid

What does cephaloid mean?
Cephaloid means shaped like the head or the brain.
What part of speech is cephaloid?
Cephaloid is an adjective.

Words near cephaloid in the dictionary

  1. cephalohaematomas
  2. cephalohaematomata
  3. cephalohematoma
  4. cephalohematomas
  5. cephalohematomata
  6. cephaloid
  7. cephalolichen
  8. cephalomancy
  9. cephalomannine
  10. cephalomantic
  11. cephalomedullary

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