Cranium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The skull of a vertebrate.
  • n. The portion of the skull enclosing the brain; the braincase.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The skull of a vertebrate.
  • n. That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See skull.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The skull of a human being, or, as now-used, of any animal; the bones of the head, collectively.
  • n. More exactly, the brain-box; the bony case of the encephalon, as distinguished from those bones of the skull which support the face and jaws. See cranial.
  • n. In entomology, the integument of an insect's head excluding the antennæ, eyes, and oral apparatus, and including the epicranium, gula, and occiput.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the part of the skull that encloses the brain
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    os    bone   
    Cross Reference
    skull   
    Variant
    crania    skull   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    geranium    titanium    uranium   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pate    vertebra    crania    pelvis    perineum    trephine   
     
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