Macrocephalous

2 definitions found

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

  macrocephalic \mac`ro*ce*phal"ic\, macrocephalous
  \mac`ro*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Macro + Gr. kefalh` the head.]
     1. Of or pertaining to macrocephaly; having an unusually
        large head.
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     2. (Bot.) Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo
        confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest
        of the body. --Henslow.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  macrocephalous
       adj : having an exceptionally large head and brain [syn: {macrocephalic}]