Cephalism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of the development of a head or head-like structure. obsolete

    "Thee closer connection off the subdivisions of the annelid is only one of degree; and as to having more organs in common than the Salpa it is rather like the community of interest which the coral cephalisms have in the main trunk."

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"Thee closer connection off the subdivisions of the annelid is only one of degree; and as to having more organs in common than the Salpa it is rather like the community of interest which the coral cephalisms have in the main trunk."

Etymology

From cephal- + -ism.

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