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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An abnormally small head
  • noun A person suffering from microcephaly

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

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Examples

  • Warmer waters bring the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. and Ringed seal Phoca hispida and Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus to the area.

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

  • _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

  • 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.

    Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

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