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cephalate

American

[sef-uh-lit, -leyt] / ˈsɛf ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

having a head or headlike part.

Etymology

Origin of cephalate

First recorded in 1860–65; cephal- + -ate ¹

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