Meanings
adjectivelyencephalous (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoletebiologyPertaining to, or characteristic of, the obsolete group Lyencephala; having the corpus callosum absent or rudimentary.
Origin
From taxonomic name Lyencephala + -ous.
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lyencephalous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyencephalous
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“lyencephalous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyencephalous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lyencephalous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyencephalous.
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