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DOLICHOCEPHALIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adult with a long narrow head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75

Synonyms:

dolichocephalic; dolichocranial; dolichocranic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

long-headed (having a dolichocephalic head)

Antonym:

brachycephalic (having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80)

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