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/sef"euh lit, -layt'/, adj. Zool.having a head or headlike part.[1860-65; CEPHAL- + -ATE1]
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Cephalate — Ceph a*late, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a head. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cephalate — adj. [Gr. kephale, head] Having a head or head like structure … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cephalate — ceph·a·late … English syllables
cephalate — … Useful english dictionary
Prosopocephala — Scaphopoda Sca*phop o*da, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska fh a boat + poda.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scaphopoda — Sca*phop o*da, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska fh a boat + poda.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Solenoconcha — Scaphopoda Sca*phop o*da, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska fh a boat + poda.] (Zo[ o]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cephal- — var. of cephalo before a vowel: cephalate. * * * … Universalium
cephalic — a. pertaining to head. ♦ cephalic index, 100 times maximum breadth of skull divided by maximum length. ♦ cephalad, adv. towards head. ♦ cephalate, a. having a head … Dictionary of difficult words
cephalated — adjective see cephalate … Useful english dictionary
