CEPHALON

Meaning of CEPHALON in English

/sef"euh lon', -leuhn/ , n. , pl. cephala /-leuh/ . Zool.

the head, esp. of an arthropod.

[ 1870-75; kephalé head ]

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CEPHALON — ˈsefəˌlän, -ələn noun ( plural cepha·la -ələ) Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek kephalē head — more at cephalic 1. …
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CEPHALON — (n.) The head.
Английский словарь Webster
CEPHALON — ( n. ) The head.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CEPHALON — noun the head.
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PROTOCEPHALON — |prōd.(ˌ)ō+ noun ( plural protocephala ) Etymology: New Latin, from prot- + cephalon 1. : the part of an insect …
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PROPARIA — prōˈpa(a)rēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from pro- (I) + Greek pareia cheek, cheekpiece of a helmet, probably …
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PROCEPHALON — (ˈ)prō+ noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from pro- (I) + -cephalon (from Greek kephalē head) : the part …
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GNATHOCEPHALON — ˌ ̷ ̷(ˌ)thōˈsefəˌlän, -_lən noun Etymology: New Latin, from gnath- + cephalon : the part of the insect head that lies behind …
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CRANIDIUM — krəˈnidēəm noun ( plural cranid·ia -dēə) Etymology: New Latin, from Late Greek kranidion small skull, diminutive of kranion skull — …
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CEPHALA — plural of cephalon
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ARCHICEPHALON — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsefəˌlän noun Etymology: New Latin, from archi- + cephalon : the primitive head region in insects consisting of the preoral …
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ANAPROTASPIS — ˌanəprōˈtaspə̇s noun ( plural anaprotas·pes -taˌspēz) Etymology: New Latin, from ana- + protaspis : an early protaspis with but six …
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AGNOSTUS — -təs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek agnōstos unknown : a genus of small blind Cambrian and Ordovician …
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HEAD — (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the …
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'TWIXT-BRAIN — (n.) The thalamen/cephalon.
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TWIXT-BRAIN — ( n. ) The thalamen/cephalon.
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HEAD — ( n. ) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous …
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TRILOBITE — any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-segmented form. Trilobites, exclusively marine …
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CRUSTACEAN — any member of the subphylum Crustacea (phylum Arthropoda), a group of invertebrate animals consisting of nearly 30,000 species distributed worldwide. …
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CRYPTOLITHUS — genus of trilobites (extinct arthropods) found as fossils in Europe and North America in the Ordovician period (505 million to …
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AMEURA — genus of trilobites (extinct arthropods) found as fossils in North America rocks dating from the Late Carboniferous to the Late …
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