brachycephalic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 brăk'ĭ-sə-fălʹĭk

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A brachycephalic person or creature; someone with a short, broad skull, typically indicated by a cephalic index over 80.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right); having a broad skull with a cephalic index over 80. not-comparable
    — "Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"

词形变化

brachykephalic alternative brachycephalics plural brachycephali plural brachykephalic alternative

词源

词源 1
From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
词源 2
From brachy- + cephalic, literally “short-headed”, via New Latin brachycephalus, from Ancient Greek βραχυκέφαλος (brakhuképhalos), from βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
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