cephalon
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of cephalon
1870–75; < New Latin, for Greek kephalḗ head
Example Sentences
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The trilobite spans 146 meters from cephalon to pygidium, or head to tail, and is carved into the shape of a spiny Ceraurus trilobite instead of the plainer state fossil, Calymene.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 22, 2017
I felt myself to be an organism with blocked nasal passages, a bacteria-ravaged throat, a sorrowful ache deep within its skull, its cephalon.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017
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