MACROCEPHALOUS


Meaning of MACROCEPHALOUS in English

|makrō|sefələs adjective

or mac·ro·ce·phal·ic -_sə̇ˈfalik

Etymology: French macrocéphale (from Greek makrokephalos having a long head, from makro- macr- + -kephalos -cephalous) + English -ous or -ic

1.

a. : having an exceptionally large head

a macrocephalous idiot

b. of a cranium : exceptionally or abnormally large

2. of a dicotyledonous embryo : having the cotyledons consolidated

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