gyrencephalateadj.
/dʒʌɪərənˈsɛfələt/ Zoology.
Pertaining to or having the characters of the Gyrencephala, one of the four main divisions of mammalia in Owen's system, consisting of those in which the cerebrum is convoluted.
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gyrencephalous1859
lissencephalous1859
megasthene1863
megasthenic1863
gyrencephalate1875
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 43 The gyrencephalate sub-class.
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gyrenˈcephalous adj.
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gyrencephalous1859
lissencephalous1859
megasthene1863
megasthenic1863
gyrencephalate1875
1859 R. Owen Lect. Classif. Mammalia 35 These limb-characters can only be rightly applied to the gyrencephalous subclass.
1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. 272 The Gyrencephalous quadrupeds, as a general rule, have a scrotum.
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