Crania

4 definitions found

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

  Crania \Cra"ni*a\ (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.] (Zool.)
     A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied
     resemblance to the cranium or skull.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-?mz),
     L. {Crania} (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. ????; akin to ka`ra head.]
     The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull,
     either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the
     brain; the brain case or brainpan. See {Skull}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crania
       See {cranium}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cranium
       n : the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: {braincase},
            {brainpan}]
       [also: {crania} (pl)]