Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Long-headed: same as
dolichocephalic .
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- adjective
dolichocephalic
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Examples
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Remains of this race, as of the Rmoahals, have been found in the quaternary strata of Central Europe, and the dolichocephalous
The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria W. Scott-Elliot
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Melanian family: they are larger than the Malay, are dark brown or black in colour, have a smooth skin, narrow forehead, dark eyes, dolichocephalous skull, and prominent nose.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Tchad, and Benue, strong and numerous tribes of a more markedly negro type, of great stature, strongly dolichocephalous, with very black skins, rounded foreheads, thick lips, and frequent prognathism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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He based this scholarly conjecture on the fact that a gazelle horn, identified as belonging to a now extinct Tripolitan species, was actually discovered on the island, while an adolescent female skull of the hypo-dolichocephalous (Nepenthean) type had come to light in some excavations at Benghazi.
South Wind Norman Douglas 1910
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The bones found in the cromlechs are those of a large and dolichocephalous race.
Atlantis : the antediluvian world Ignatius Donnelly 1866
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In the previous millennium black warriors and captives had occasionally appeared in the art of Egypt, Crete, and Cyprus ” their precise racial origins are a matter of debate among scholars still attuned to dolichocephalous and mesaticephalous physical types.
Out of the Shadows Davis, David Brion 1981
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