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macrencephalic

adjective
mac·ren·ce·phal·ic | \ ¦maˌkr+- \
variants: or less commonly macrencephalous \¦maˌkr+ \

Definition of macrencephalic 

: having a large or long brain case

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History and Etymology for macrencephalic

macr- + encephalic or encephalous

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