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leptocephalic

leptocephalic adjective: having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.

Adjective

leptocephalic (comparative more leptocephalic, superlative most leptocephalic)

  1. Having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.

Forms of leptocephalic

comparativemore leptocephalic
superlativemost leptocephalic

Origin of leptocephalic

From lepto- + -cephalic.

Questions about leptocephalic

What does leptocephalic mean?
Leptocephalic means having a narrow skull, as certain flatfishes do.
What part of speech is leptocephalic?
Leptocephalic is an adjective.

Words near leptocephalic in the dictionary

  1. leptocaulous
  2. leptocauls
  3. leptocauly
  4. leptocentric
  5. leptocephali
  6. leptocephalic
  7. leptocephalous
  8. leptocephalus
  9. leptocephaly
  10. leptoceratopsid
  11. leptoceratopsids

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