Apedia

Brachycephalic Adj Animal Person Unusually Short Skull Species

Word brachycephalic
Definition adj. (of an animal or person) Having an unusually short skull for its species.
Sentence The Warden was a blond and brachycephalic Alpha Minus, short, red, moon-faced, and broad-shouldered, with a load booming voice.
Source Brave New World, Aldous Huxley, p. 101

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Incarnadine n./v literary bright crimson pink color related

Previous card: Pullulate v breed spread rapidly teeming approaches monorail

Up to card list: Unusual and Literary English Vocabulary