The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous \Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Wiktionary
a. (context of a person or animal English) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). n. A brachycephalic person.
WordNet
adj. having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80 [syn: brachycranial, brachycranic] [ant: dolichocephalic]
Usage examples of "brachycephalic".
These brachycephalic dogs are really prone to it, so keep him out of the heat.
Now, Fred and his companion are in my office closet, and of course I always hang my hat on his polished, brachycephalic head.
So he began to study the geographical distribution of the goat with the zeal of an anthropologist localising dolicocephalic and brachycephalic races.
In fact, especially considering the brachycephalic morphology of the skullit has a cephalic index of 83, to be preciseit very closely resembles that of a contemporary northern European.