Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macrocephalous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macro-cephalous
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a large head.

adj

Having the cotyledons of a dicotyledonous embryo confluent, and forming a large mass compared with the rest of the body.

Etymology

From macro- + -cephalous.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: macro
Suffix: cephalous

Synonyms

macrocephalic

Questions

What does macrocephalous mean?: Having a large head.
Where does macrocephalous come from?: From macro- + -cephalous.

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