mesocephalic
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The crania were seldom deformed artificially save through cradle accident, and while varying considerably in capacity and in the ratio of length to width were usually mesocephalic.
From The Siouan Indians by W. J. (William John) McGee
Their skulls are of the mesocephalic type, the height being greater than the breadth; according to Davis, 75 is the index of the latter and 77 of the former.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Intermingled with these are those of the middle derivative type, or mesocephalic.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
Broca's "Kymric" skulls are mesocephalic; this he attributes to crossing with the short round-heads.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
One Kalabit is platycephalic, 1 mesocephalic, and 8 hypsicephalic as regards length-height, and all are hypsicephalic as regards breadth-height.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
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