procephalic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pro- +‎ cephalic

Adjective[edit]

procephalic (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Relating to, or forming, the front of the head.
    The procephalic lobe is that part of the head of an invertebrate animal which is in front of the mouth.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for procephalic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)