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
Heads with an index of 75 or under are called dolichocephalic; those between 75 and 80, mesaticephalic; and those over 80 brachycephalic.
From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan
The tall, blonde Teutonic type of the Row graves is dolichocephalic.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.
Broca thinks the Belgæ or "Kymri" were dolichocephalic, but all must agree with him that the skulls are too few to generalise from.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.
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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