Brachycephalic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous
  \Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
     Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
     shortheaded; -- in distinction from {dolichocephalic}.
     [1913 Webster] Brachycephaly



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brachycephalic
       adj : having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
             [syn: {brachycranial}, {brachycranic}] [ant: {dolichocephalic}]