skullcap
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- noun
- /ˈskʌlˌkæp/
- Specialized
:
calvaria
- I knew that under the skullcap, a four-inch vertical scar and a two-inch horizontal scar ran across his head and intersected above the right temporal lobe.
Examples
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The white-crowned black wheatear is a striking bird with a jet-black body setting off its white tail, belly, and skullcap.
Academic text (1991) -
You can use that skullcap.
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Now it was thin and gray, almost a skullcap.
Fiction book (1991) -
The gleaming bald pate, now covered with a skullcap, had spread over the entire skull, from ear to ear.
Fiction book (1993) -
A modest silver hairpin attached the man's skullcap to his dark, curly hair.
Fiction book (1998) -
In 1964, Huang was part of a team that discovered a million-year-old skullcap, known as Lantian Man, in Shanxi Province.
Academic text (2006) -
The archaeologists uncovered a Neanderthal skullcap during their dig in the limestone caves.
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A skullcap from a prehistoric human was displayed in the museum as part of the fossil exhibit.
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The paleontologist examined the ancient skullcap to learn more about the species' brain structure.
Synonyms
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The top part of the skull that covers and protects the brain
The top rounded part of the skull that covers the brain
Compounds
- Archaic
A North American herb of the mint family once used to treat seizures and nervous problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skullcap comes from the two simple words skull ('head bone') and cap ('hat'). So it names the top part of the skull as if the skull wears a 'cap', meaning the dome that covers and protects the brain.