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Crania   Listen
noun
Crania  n.  (Zool.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Crania" Quotes from Famous Books



... back and front and every way, taking notes carefully. He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool. 'I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,' he said. 'And when they come back, too?' I asked. 'Oh, I never see them,' he remarked; 'and, moreover, the changes take place inside, you know.' He smiled, as if at some quiet joke. 'So ...
— Heart of Darkness • Joseph Conrad

... but were driven by stress of weather to the island of Crania, where they cast anchor; and it was not until some years had elapsed, during which time home and country were forgotten, that Paris ...
— Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome • E.M. Berens



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