Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous \Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.]

(Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)