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  • English Word Cepevorous Definition Feeding upon onions.
  • English Word Cephalad Definition Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
  • English Word Cephalalgia Definition Alt. of Cephalalgy
  • English Word Cephalalgic Definition Relating to, or affected with, headache.
  • English Word Cephalalgic Definition A remedy for the headache.
  • English Word Cephalalgy Definition Pain in the head; headache.
  • English Word Cephalanthium Definition Same as Anthodium.
  • English Word Cephalaspis Definition A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.
  • English Word Cephalata Definition A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.
  • English Word Cephalate Definition Having a head.
  • English Word Cephalic Definition Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior.
  • English Word Cephalic Definition A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.
  • English Word Cephalitis Definition Same as Phrenitis.
  • English Word Cephalization Definition Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development.
  • English Word Cephalo Definition A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.
  • English Word Cephalocercal Definition Relating to the long axis of the body.
  • English Word Cephaloid Definition Shaped like the head.
  • English Word Cephalology Definition The science which treats of the head.
  • English Word Cephalomere Definition One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
  • English Word Cephalometer Definition An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.
  • English Word Cephalon Definition The head.
  • English Word Cephalophora Definition The cephalata.
  • English Word Cephalopod Definition Alt. of Cephalopode
  • English Word Cephalopoda Definition The highest class of Mollusca.
  • English Word Cephalopode Definition One of the Cephalopoda.
  • English Word Cephalopodic Definition Alt. of Cephalopodous
  • English Word Cephalopodous Definition Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.
  • English Word Cephaloptera Definition One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.
  • English Word Cephalosome Definition The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.
  • English Word Cephalostyle Definition The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.