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Megacephalous

Megacephalic \Meg`a*ce*phal"ic\ (m[e^]g`[.a]*s[-e]*f[a^]l"[i^]k), Megacephalous \Meg`a*ceph"a*lous\ (m[e^]g`[.a]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s), a. [Mega- + Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads.

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megacephalous

a. (alternative form of megacephalic English)

Usage examples of "megacephalous".

But Barney, who knew something of what went on inside that megacephalous skull, realised that by this very way-Craig had of tossing away an important point, he was revealing a problem which excited his intellectual curiosity.

Sleep imperceptibly took advantage of this happiness and relief but now, in sleep, there was no rest at all, for sleep consisted of sixty-four squares, a gigantic board in the middle of which, trembling and stark-naked, Luzhin stood, the size of a pawn, and peered at the dim positions of huge pieces, megacephalous, with crowns or manes.