Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun [lowercase] A platycephalic cranium.
- noun The typical genus of Platycephalidæ: so called from the broad depressed head.
- noun [lowercase] A broad flat skull, deformed from synosteosis of frontal and parietal bones.
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Examples
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Several of these species are globally threatened, including Salmo platycephalus (CR).
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Aestivating amphibians such as water-holding frogs Cyclorana cultripes and C. platycephalus are found.
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A novel antipredator mechanism in salamanders: rolling escape in Hydromantes platycephalus.
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He and his colleague, Jason Richardson, focused on Hydromantes platycephalus
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A New Subgenus and Species of Trout, Salmo Platysalmo platycephalus, from Southcentral Turkey, with Comments on the Classification of the Subfamily Salmoninae.
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A New Subgenus and Species of Trout, Salmo Platysalmo platycephalus, from Southcentral Turkey, with Comments on the Classification of the Subfamily Salmoninae.
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A New Subgenus and Species of Trout, Salmo Platysalmo platycephalus, from Southcentral Turkey, with Comments on the Classification of the Subfamily Salmoninae.
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A New Subgenus and Species of Trout, Salmo Platysalmo platycephalus, from Southcentral Turkey, with Comments on the Classification of the Subfamily Salmoninae.
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