noun
1. a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
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the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula
• Hypernyms:
↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑protrusion, ↑extrusion, ↑excrescence
2. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
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he stuck his head out the window
• Syn: ↑head
• Hypernyms: ↑external body part
• Hyponyms: ↑human head
• Part Holonyms:
↑body, ↑organic structure, ↑physical structure, ↑animal, ↑animate being, ↑beast, ↑brute, ↑creature, ↑fauna
• Part Meronyms:
↑muzzle, ↑ear, ↑basilar artery, ↑arteria basilaris, ↑brain, ↑encephalon, ↑skull, ↑face, ↑human face, ↑temple
Useful english dictionary. 2012.