cephalous

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sef′ə ləs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ceph•a•lous  (sef′ə ləs),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having a head.
  • cephal- + -ous 1870–75

-cephalous, 
  1. a combining form meaning "having a head or heads'' of the specified sort or number:brachycephalous.
Also, -cephalic. 
  • Greek -kephalos -headed, derivative of kephalé̄ head; see -ous

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
-cephaly, 
  1. a combining form of nouns that correspond to adjectives ending in -cephalic or -cephalous: dolichocephaly.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-cephalic, -cephalous
  1. indicating skull or head; -headed: brachycephalic
Etymology: from Greek -kephalos-cephaly, -cephalism
'cephalous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-cephalic - -cephaly - acanthocephalan - acephalous - autocephalous - bicephalous - cephalic - cephalo- - dicephalous - encephalon - hydrocephalus - leptocephalus - macrocephalic - rhizocephalous

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