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Dolichocephalic

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).

    "Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under 75 wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A dolichocephalic person.
  2. 2
    an adult with a long narrow head wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From dolicho- + cephalic, hence literally roughly “long-headed”.

Etymology 2

From dolicho- + cephalic, hence literally roughly “long-headed”.

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