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Answer for the clue "An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain ", 13 letters:
microcephalus

Word definitions for microcephalus in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An abnormally small head 2 A person suffering from microcephaly

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Microcephalus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae , containing the following species: Microcephalus affinis Tschitscherine, 1898 Microcephalus amplicollis Chaudoir, 1852 Microcephalus bolivianus Tschitscherine, 1898 Microcephalus catharinae Tschitscherine, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain [syn: microcephaly , nanocephaly ]

Usage examples of microcephalus.

Since these responses are entirely, or almost entirely, lacking in microcephali and in children born deaf, they are not purely reflexive, like sneezing, e.

The number of brains of microcephali that have been examined with reference to this point is very small, although their scientific value, after thorough-going observation of the possessors of them during life, is immense.