Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. Craniums (-?mz),
L. Crania (-?). [NL., fr. Gr. ????; akin to ka`ra head.]
The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull,
either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the
brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
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Crania \Cra"ni*a\ (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.] (Zool.)
A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied
resemblance to the cranium or skull.
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