Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology: A South American genus of caraboid beetles, with about 6 species, having securiform terminal joints of both maxillary and labial palpi
- noun A genus of nemocerous dipterous insects of the family Chironomidæ.
- noun A genus of reptiles.
- noun [lowercase] In pathology: A microcephalic person
- noun Microcephaly.
- noun [lowercase] In teratology, a monster with a small, imperfect head or cranium.
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- noun An abnormally
small head - noun A person suffering from
microcephaly
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- noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
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Examples
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Warmer waters bring the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. and Ringed seal Phoca hispida and Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus to the area.
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_P. microcephalus, _ the Lemon-dab: scales small, smooth, and imbedded; skin slimy, head and mouth very small, colour yellowish brown with large round darker marks.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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Rivers in the region harbor a unique relict fauna, including the endemic fish Anaecypris hispanica and Barbus microcephalus, both included in IUCN’s Red List of threatened species.
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