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Acrania


A-cra′ni-a

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Noun.
[NL., from Gr.
priv. + [GREEK] skull.]
1.
(Physiol.)
Partial or total absence of the skull.
2.
pl.
(Zool.)
The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

Definition 2024


Acrania

Acrania

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Translingual

Proper noun

Acrania

  1. (zoology, obsolete) A class of Vertebrata including Branchiostoma (syn. Amphioxus), in which no skull exists.

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acrania

acrania

See also: Acrania

English

Noun

acrania

  1. (physiology) Partial or total absence of the skull.

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References

  • acrania in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Portuguese

Noun

acrania f (uncountable)

  1. (physiology) acrania (absence of the skull)