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cephalous

cephalous adjective: having a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).

Adjective

cephalous (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).

Origin of cephalous

From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”), with the suffix -ous.

Questions about cephalous

What does cephalous mean?
Cephalous means having a head; applied chiefly to the former division of mollusks Cephalata, or Cephalophora (mollusks with a head).
What part of speech is cephalous?
Cephalous is an adjective.

Words near cephalous in the dictionary

  1. cephalotripsy
  2. cephalotrophic
  3. cephalotropic
  4. cephalotropism
  5. cephalotropisms
  6. cephalous
  7. Cephalus
  8. cephalæa
  9. cepham
  10. cephams
  11. cephamycin

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