Definition of Crania

1. n. A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Definition of Crania

1. Noun. (plural of cranium) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crania

1. cranium [n] - See also: cranium

Medical Definition of Crania

1. Plural of cranium. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crania

crandallite
crane
crane's bill
crane flies
crane fly
craned
craneflies
cranefly
cranelike
cranequin
cranes
cranesbill
cranesbills
crang
crangs
crania (current term)
craniad
cranial
cranial arteritis
cranial base
cranial bones
cranial capacity
cranial cavity
cranial dystonia
cranial epidural space
cranial flexure
cranial fontanels
cranial index
cranial irradiation
cranial mononeuropathy III

Literary usage of Crania

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"Paleontology of New York. 1892. v. 8, pt i, pi. 4H, fig. 7. Onondaga limestone Canandaigua NYJM Clarke purchase crania famélica Hall & Whitfield 1283 ..."

2. Physical Anthropology of the Lenape Or Delawares, and of the Eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"Former records on American crania from Eastern Indians are scarce, ... Later brief references to eastern Canadian crania by Dr. David Boyle will be found in ..."

3. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"Langdon found eleven cases of fracture in 141 Madisonville crania examined by him, and one skull with the fragment of a small flint arrowpoint imbedded in ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Of those with dolichocephalic crania, one division is blonde and large ... He combined the groups of dolichocephalic and brachycephalic crania gained in ..."

5. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"(3) On a Collection of crania from the North- West Provinces of India. By Prof. ... There are many features of interest presented by these crania, ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On Australian crania. By Professor JH CORBETT. The texture of the cranial and facial bones is strong and compact. The superior maxillary bones exhibit the ..."

7. Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America by John Wells Foster (1887)
"crania OF THE MOUND - BUILDERS. WHILE the individual variations in the crania of a particular race are so great as to present intermediate gradations all ..."

8. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"Paleontology of New York. 1892. v. 8, pt i, pi. 4H, fig. 7. Onondaga limestone Canandaigua NYJM Clarke purchase crania famélica Hall & Whitfield 1283 ..."

9. Physical Anthropology of the Lenape Or Delawares, and of the Eastern Indians by Aleš Hrdlička (1916)
"Former records on American crania from Eastern Indians are scarce, ... Later brief references to eastern Canadian crania by Dr. David Boyle will be found in ..."

10. Indian Village Site and Cemetery Near Madisonville, Ohio by Earnest Albert Hooton, Charles Clark Willoughby (1920)
"Langdon found eleven cases of fracture in 141 Madisonville crania examined by him, and one skull with the fragment of a small flint arrowpoint imbedded in ..."

11. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Of those with dolichocephalic crania, one division is blonde and large ... He combined the groups of dolichocephalic and brachycephalic crania gained in ..."

12. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"(3) On a Collection of crania from the North- West Provinces of India. By Prof. ... There are many features of interest presented by these crania, ..."

13. Report of the Annual Meeting (1858)
"On Australian crania. By Professor JH CORBETT. The texture of the cranial and facial bones is strong and compact. The superior maxillary bones exhibit the ..."

14. Pre-Historic Races of the United States of America by John Wells Foster (1887)
"crania OF THE MOUND - BUILDERS. WHILE the individual variations in the crania of a particular race are so great as to present intermediate gradations all ..."

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