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cephalophores

cephalophores is the plural of cephalophore.

Meaning of cephalophore

Noun

cephalophore (plural cephalophores)

  1. Any of a group of saints depicted in art carrying heads in their hands.
    • According to William of Worcester, quite a large number of Cornish saints were cephalophores: besides S. Nectan and S. Willow, he tells us that “there were three brothers under the name of Genesius and each one carried his head.”1960, Gilbert Hunter Doble, The Saints of Cornwall, volume 5, page 60
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of cephalopod: a mollusk of the class Cephalopoda.
    Synonyms:
    cephalopod

Questions about cephalophores

What is cephalophores the plural of?
Cephalophores is the plural of cephalophore.

Words near cephalophores in the dictionary

  1. cephalopelvimetry
  2. cephalopharyngeal
  3. cephalophine
  4. cephalophines
  5. cephalophore
  6. cephalophores
  7. cephaloplastin
  8. cephalopod
  9. cephalopodal
  10. cephalopode
  11. cephalopodes

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