ALL meanings of cephalization
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C c - noun cephalization (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end 3
- noun cephalization the tendency in the evolution of animal life for sensory organs, the nervous system, etc. to become centralized in or near the head 3
- noun cephalization a tendency in the development of animals to localization of important organs or parts in or near the head. 1
- noun cephalization The concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an embryo’s development. 1
- noun cephalization (biology) An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal. 0