scaphocephalic

scaphocephalic
scaph·o·ce·phal·ic (skăf'ō-sə-fălʹĭk) adj.
Having an abnormally long narrow skull.
  [Greek skaphē, boat + -cephalic.]   scaph'o·cephʹa·ly (-ə-sĕfʹə-lē) n.

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