English edit

Etymology edit

epi- +‎ cranium

Noun edit

epicranium (plural epicrania)

  1. (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
  2. (zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

Derived terms edit

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epicranium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)