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encephalous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cephalous
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a distinct head.

Archaic

Usage

Derived Forms

macrencephalous micrencephalous

Antonyms

acephalous

Questions

What does encephalous mean?
Having a distinct head.

How to pronounce encephalous

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