Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In anthropology, one who is dolichocephalous.

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Examples

  • But it turns out that this fish, a "longhead dreamer" anglerfish, is not alone when it comes to ugly mugs -- in fact, compared to some other fish discovered in his neck of the woods, he's actually kind of cute.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish "longhead dreamer" anglerfish

    National Geographic News 2010

  • Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish "longhead dreamer" anglerfish

    National Geographic News 2010

  • But it turns out that this fish, a "longhead dreamer" anglerfish, is not alone when it comes to ugly mugs -- in fact, compared to some other fish discovered in his neck of the woods, he's actually kind of cute.

    TreeHugger 2010

  • 90, Roget, the sage, luminary, longhead, shining light, wizard of synonyms had seen twenty-five editions of the work that has come to be inseparably associated with his name as an eponymous word.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 3 1984

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