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  1. brachycephalousadjective

    Relating to brachycephaly; brachycephalic.

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  1. brachycephalous

    The cephalic index or cranial index, the ratio of the maximum width (biparietal diameter or BPD, side to side) of the head of an organism multiplied by 100 and then divided by their maximum length (occipitofrontal diameter or OFD, front to back). The index was once used to categorize human beings in the first half of the 20th century, but today it is used to categorize dogs and cats.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brachycephalousadjective

    having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brachycephalous in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brachycephalous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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