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procephalic, a.|prəʊsɪˈfælɪk|
[f. Gr. πρό, pro-2 + κεϕαλή head + -ic. In sense 2, f. Gr. προκέϕαλος ‘long-headed’, also in Prosody.]
1. Zool. Belonging to the fore part of the head; applied to certain lobes or processes in Crustacea and other Arthropoda: see quots.
1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. iii. 45 This portion is divided by a median fissure into two lobes, which..will be termed the ‘procephalic lobes’. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 251 The neural face of the embryo is fashioned first, and its anterior end terminates in two rounded expansions—the procephalic lobes. 1880― Crayfish iv. 160 Two flat calcified plates, which appear to lie in the anterior of the head (though they are really situated in its upper and front wall)..called the procephalic processes.
2. Anc. Pros. Having a syllable too many at the beginning; applied to a dactylic hexameter having a syllable in excess in the first foot. [So προκέϕαλος in Hephæstion, a.d. 150.]
1890in Cent. Dict. |
