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dolichocephalic

dolichocephalic adjective: having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).

Adjective

dolichocephalic (comparative more dolichocephalic, superlative most dolichocephalic)

  1. Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).
    • Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153

Noun

dolichocephalic (plural dolichocephalics)

  1. A dolichocephalic person.

dolichocephalic meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

dolichocephalic in Tamil

நீளகுறுந்தலையர்

dolichocephalic in Tagalog

having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right)
habang-uluhin

Forms of dolichocephalic

Adjective
comparativemore dolichocephalic
superlativemost dolichocephalic
Noun
pluraldolichocephalics

Origin of dolichocephalic

From dolicho- + cephalic, hence literally roughly “long-headed”.

Words formed from dolichocephalic

Questions about dolichocephalic

What does dolichocephalic mean?
Dolichocephalic means having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).
What is dolichocephalic in Tamil?
Dolichocephalic in Tamil is நீளகுறுந்தலையர். See Dolichocephalic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dolichocephalic?
Dolichocephalic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dolichocephalic in the dictionary

  1. Doliche
  2. dolicho-
  3. dolichoblond
  4. dolichoblonds
  5. dolichocephali
  6. dolichocephalic
  7. dolichocephalics
  8. dolichocephalism
  9. dolichocephalous
  10. dolichocephaly
  11. dolichocolon

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