BRACHYCEPHALIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brachycephalic mean? 

• BRACHYCEPHALIC (noun)
  The noun BRACHYCEPHALIC has 1 sense:

1. an adult with a short broad head

  Familiarity information: BRACHYCEPHALIC used as a noun is very rare.

• BRACHYCEPHALIC (adjective)
  The adjective BRACHYCEPHALIC has 1 sense:

1. having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80

  Familiarity information: BRACHYCEPHALIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHYCEPHALIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adult with a short broad head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("brachycephalic" is a kind of...):

adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

• BRACHYCEPHALIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80

Synonyms:

brachycephalic; brachycranial; brachycranic

Similar:

broad-headed; roundheaded; short-headed (having a brachycephalic head)

bullet-headed (having a small round head)

Antonym:

dolichocephalic (having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75)

Derivation:

brachycephaly (the quality of being brachycephalic)

 Context examples 

Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)