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A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,

Same as Cephalophora.

An extinct genus of Paleozoic Cephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.

n; an image of the moon which sometimes appears at the point of intersection of two lunar halos. Cf. Parhelion.

One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.

r plants, the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia. -- Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a l…

A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous.

A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.

Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of Nautilus.

a oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses' bridge, under Ass.

That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.

The prosencephalon.

A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.

Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.

The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon.

A fossil cephalopod beak.