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Meaning of MACROCEPHALOUS

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 Definition: [adj]  having an exceptionally large head and brain
 
 Synonyms: macrocephalic
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mac`ro*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the
head.]
1. Having a large head.

2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo
   confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest
   of the body. --Henslow.

 

 

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