Dolichocephalic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dolichocephalic person.
  2. 2
    an adult with a long narrow head wordnet
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

Synonyms

All synonyms
dolichocranialdolichocraniclong headed

Example

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"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."

Etymology

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

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