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Meaning of "leptocephalic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEPTOCEPHALIC

leptocephalic  [ˌlɛptəʊsɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEPTOCEPHALIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leptocephalic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LEPTOCEPHALIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of leptocephalic in the English dictionary

The definition of leptocephalic in the dictionary is having a narrow skull.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEPTOCEPHALIC


brachiocephalic
ˌbreɪkɪəsɪˈfælɪk
brachycephalic
ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk
cephalic
sɪˈfælɪk
diencephalic
ˌdaɪensɪˈfælɪk
dolichocephalic
ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk
encephalic
ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk
ithyphallic
ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk
macrocephalic
ˌmækrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
megacephalic
ˌmɛɡəsɪˈfælɪk
mesencephalic
ˌmɛsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
mesocephalic
ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk
metencephalic
ˌmɛtɛnsɪˈfælɪk
microcephalic
ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
orthocephalic
ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk
oxycephalic
ˌɒksɪsɪˈfælɪk
platycephalic
ˌplætɪsɪˈfælɪk
procephalic
ˌprəʊsɪˈfælɪk
prosencephalic
ˌprɒsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
rhinencephalic
ˌraɪnɛnsɪˈfælɪk
telencephalic
ˌtɛlɛnsɪˈfælɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEPTOCEPHALIC

leptocephali
leptocephalous
leptocephalus
leptocercal
leptodactyl
leptodactylous
leptokurtic
leptome
lepton
lepton number
leptonic
leptophos
leptophyllous
leptorrhine
leptosomatic
leptosome
leptosomic
leptospiral
leptospire
leptospirosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEPTOCEPHALIC

acephalic
anencephalic
Daedalic
epencephalic
hydrocephalic
italic
malic
megalocephalic
mesaticephalic
myelencephalic
naphthalic
omphalic
pachalic
pashalic
salic
scaphocephalic
terephthalic
thalamencephalic
Uralic
zoocephalic

Synonyms and antonyms of leptocephalic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leptocephalic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEPTOCEPHALIC

Find out the translation of leptocephalic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of leptocephalic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «leptocephalic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

leptocephalic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leptocephalic
570 millions of speakers

English

leptocephalic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leptocephalic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

leptocephalic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

leptocephalic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

leptocephalic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংকীর্ণ-করোটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leptocephalic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leptocephalic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leptocephalic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

leptocephalic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

leptocephalic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leptocephalic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

leptocephalic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leptocephalic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेप्टोसेफेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leptocephalic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leptocephalic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leptocephalic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

leptocephalic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

leptocephalic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

leptocephalic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

leptocephalic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leptocephalic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leptocephalic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leptocephalic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALIC»

The term «leptocephalic» is used very little and occupies the 166.764 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «leptocephalic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «leptocephalic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leptocephalic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEPTOCEPHALIC»

Discover the use of leptocephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leptocephalic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Orthodontic and Dentofacial Orthopedic Treatment
The patient is subsequently placed in the cephalostat of a cephalographic x-ray machine and the radiograph is exposed while the patient maintains the previously determined average cranial position. center of mass of a leptocephalic , long ...
Thomas Rakosi, Thomas M. Graber, 2011
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Nature
All the muraenoid eggs (several thousands) were taken near the surface of the sea. as were also the youngest pro-leptocephalic stages, e.g. of Conger culgnris and C. mystox. The full-grown larvae of the eel and conger also occurred in the ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1912
3
Excerpta medica. Section 3: Endocrinology
Ml. Detection of endocrine cells by immunofluorescence method in the gastroenteropancreatic system of the adult eel, glass-eel, and leptocephalic larva (Anguilla anguilla L) - L'Hermite A., Ferrand R., Dubois M.P. and Anderson A.C. ...
‎1986
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THE JOURNAL OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF GREAT ...
... and pachycephalic, which has no synostosis of any suture ; and I have seen the cranium of a leptocephalic old woman, which not only has no synostosis of any suture, but in * " On Synostotic Crania", p. 30. f Ibid., pp. 7, 8. which, after ...
‎1873
5
The Anthropological Review
... well -filled European graveyard may be selected specimens of ' klinocephalic' ( slope or saddle-skull), ' cono- cephalic' (cone-skull), ' brachycephalic' (short skull) , ' dolichocephalic' (long skull) ' platycephalic' (flat skull), ' leptocephalic' (slim ...
‎1868
6
Anthropological review
... well -filled European graveyard may be selected specimens of ' klinocephalic' ( slope or saddle-skull), ' cono- cephalic' (cone-skull), ' brachycephalic' (short skull) , ' dolichocephalic' (long skull) ' platycephalic' (flat skull), ' leptocephalic' (slim ...
‎1868
7
Popular Science
Indeed, there seems good reason to believe that many young flat-fish never undergo this change at all, but swimming about freely in the open sea assume that peculiarly elongated and strange form known as the leptocephalic. I don't mean to ...
8
A Discerning Eye: Essays on Early Italian Painting
Though more solid and firmer in structure and treatment, in better state, and already presaging Jacopo's relinquishment of the leptocephalic type, the Home Virgin looks out of the same benevolent, heavily outlined eyes as the Madonna ( Fig.
Richard Offner, Andrew Ladis, 1998
9
Fish Physiology: Primitive Fishes: Primitive Fishes
Detection of endocrine cells by immunofluorescence method in the gastroenteropancreatic system of the adult eel, glass eel, and leptocephalic larva (Anguilla anguilla L.). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 58, 347–359. Li, G.‐Q., and Wilson , M. V. H. ...
‎2011
10
Fish & Fishing:
... leptocephalic. The body of the bonefish is silver and slender with a bluish or greenish back. On the upper half there are dark streaks with cross bands connecting to the lateral line. The body is also rounded and has a long downward aiming ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEPTOCEPHALIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leptocephalic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yes, we have no bananas today
Right after hatching, both species (and bonefish, as well) have what are called leptocephalic larvae. These have ribbon-like bodies, very ... «Louisiana Sportsman, Dec 13»

REFERENCE
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