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 head index is generally mesaticephalic, but three are dolichocephalic and two brachycephalic, the amount of variation being surprising.
From The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon by Barrows, David Prescott
The extreme length of the skull is 7.7 inches, and as its extreme breadth is not more than 5.25, its form is decidedly dolichocephalic.
From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The Negritos and Pygmies are everywhere brachycephalic, or short-headed, with the exception of the Bushmen, who are dolichocephalic, or partially so.
From Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution by Morris, Charles
L. Peringuey remarks also that the type was less dolichocephalic than the Bushmen and Hottentots, under 80 in cephalic index.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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