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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the cephalon of the trilobites, the central piece included within the facial sutures, consisting of the glabella and fixed cheeks.

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  • noun anatomy In trilobites, the part of the cephalon (the head) consisting of the glabella and the fixigenae.

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