Definition of archencephala
- plural of archencephalon
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Archencephala
Definition of Archencephala
: humans regarded as constituting a separate subclass of Mammalia
—not now used as an acceptable taxonomic concept
Origin and Etymology of archencephala
New Latin, from archi- + encephala (plural of encephalon)
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