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{ Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic (?), Ceph`a*lop"o*dous
(?), } a. (Zoöl.) Belonging
to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

||Ceph`a*lop"te*ra (?), n. [NL.,
fr. Gr. kefalh` head + &?; wing.] (Zoöl.)
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta
birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil.
It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and
farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming
twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a
ton.

Ceph"a*lo*some (?), n. [Cephalo-
+ -some body.] (Zoöl.) The anterior
region or head of insects and other arthropods.
Packard.

Ceph"a*lo*style (?), n.
[Cephalo- + Gr. &?; a pillar.] (Anat.) The
anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of
cartilaginous crania.

Ceph`a*lo*tho"rax (?), n.


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