dolichocephalic
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- dolichocephalism noun
- dolichocephaly noun
- hyperdolichocephalic adjective
- hyperdolichocephaly noun
- subdolichocephalic adjective
- subdolichocephalism noun
- subdolichocephalous adjective
- subdolichocephaly noun
Etymology
Origin of dolichocephalic
Example Sentences
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On the walls hung eight profiles of hawk-faced Sherlock Holmes, a curved pipe pendent from his thin lips and a deerstalker cap pushed down on his dolichocephalic skull.
From Time Magazine Archive
The earliest type of man is generally supposed to be dolichocephalic, or long-headed.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
Dr. Beddoe pronounced the remains to be neolithic, and the persons here interred were of a dolichocephalic or long-skulled race—sometimes known as the long barrow-builders, who generally buried their dead without cremation.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
"I shall not look to see whether a man is black, white, or yellow; whether his skull is brachycephalic or dolichocephalic," replied Cosmo.
From The Second Deluge by Serviss, Garrett Putman
The skull was dolichocephalic or low mesaticephalic, with an average index of 75, of peculiar outline when viewed from above.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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