Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In arthropods, the head region.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods.

Etymologies

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cephalo- + -some

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