brachycephalic
Collocations
3VERB + BRACHYCEPHALIC
muttered, round-headed
BRACHYCEPHALIC + NOUN
proto-mediterranean
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80.
"Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"
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.
noun
A brachycephalic person or creature; someone with a short, broad skull, typically indicated by a cephalic index over 80.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
- brachycranial
- brachycranic
Antonyms
- dolichocephalic
- dolichocranial
- dolichocranic
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3"Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"
WiktionaryJust 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.
WiktionaryAlso a subject of extensive investigation was the cephalic index, a measurement of the general shape of the skull, defined as the ratio of its breadth to its length multiplied by one hundred to elimin
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