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brachycephalic (adj.)

in ethnology, "short-headed," 1847; see brachy- + -cephalic. Denoting skulls at least 80 percent as wide as they are long (considered typical of Mongoloid peoples). Related: Brachycephalous; brachycephalism.

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Definitions of brachycephalic from WordNet
1
brachycephalic (n.)
an adult with a short broad head;
2
brachycephalic (adj.)
having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80;
Synonyms: brachycranial / brachycranic
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