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from The Century Dictionary.
- Narrow, as a skull; having a narrow skull; characterized by or exhibiting leptocephaly.
- In ichthyology, retaining a long, narrow skull, as certain flat-fishes whose skull does not undergo the special modification characteristic of the pleuronectids; leptocephaloid.
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hernesheir commented on the word leptocephalic
leptocephalous
July 14, 2010