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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A cephalophoran.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Any of a group of Catholic martyrs who were supposed to carry their heads in their hands.
  2. n. obsolete The family of mollusks with distinct heads.
  3. n. obsolete The family of ventricose and filiform mushrooms.

Etymologies

  1. From French céphalophore, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs) + -phore, from Ancient Greek -φορος (-phoros, "bearing"), a derivative of φέρειν (phérein, "to bear, to carry") (Wiktionary)

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  • myroblyte An iconographic term. The cephalophore in religious (esp. medieval Christian) art is a beheaded saint who displays his severed head to an audience. Dec 12, 2006

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