Meanings
adjectivepolycephalous (not comparable)
- not comparablemany-headed
Hercules can only have one head, the sole seat of consciousness that makes him a human individual, while the Hydra, a polycephalous organism capable of exponentially multiplying its heads, embodies a sort of metaphysical horror[...]
2022, Laura Tripaldi, “A Many-Headed Thing”, in Parallel Minds, Urbanomic Media LTD, page 35
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Translations
Finnish monipäinen
- monipäinenTranslations
French polycéphale
- polycéphaleTranslations
Polish wielogłowy
- wielogłowyTranslations
Spanish multicéfalo
- multicéfaloTranslations
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APA
polycephalous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycephalous
MLA
“polycephalous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycephalous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polycephalous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycephalous.
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