Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or located on or near the front of the head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the fore part of the head.
- In Crustacea, specifically noting certain lobes or processes which form an anterior part of the wall of the head. See the quotation.
- In ancient prosody, same as
macrocephalic .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or forming, the front of the head.
- adjective (Zoöl.) that part of the head of an invertebrate animal which is in front of the mouth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Relating to, or forming, the
front of thehead .
Etymologies
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pro- + cephalic
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Examples
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Epicranial suture: the line of junction of the two procephalic lobes.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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