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Definition of "dolichocephalic" []

  • Having a relatively long head with a cephalic index below 76. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dolichocephalic" in a sentence
  • "Then we are left with 'dolichocephalic', which Wikipedia tells me that this is a term on the"
  • "The Tocharians were blue-eyed dolichocephalic redheads who wore garments of plaid wool and spoke a language whose closest relative appears to be Old Gaelic."
  • "I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development."