macrocephalus
Macrocephalus is a Latin-derived adjective meaning "large-headed." In scientific naming, macrocephalus is used as a descriptive epithet to indicate that a particular organism has a relatively large head or cephalic feature compared with related forms. The word is inflected for gender in Latin: macrocephalus (masculine), macrocephala (feminine), and macrocephalum (neuter).
In taxonomy, macrocephalus appears across diverse groups as a descriptive element within binomial names or intraspecific
In human medicine and anatomy, macrocephalus is less common than macrocephaly, the clinical term for an abnormally
See also: macrocephaly, cephalic measurements, Latin grammatical gender in scientific naming.