acrania

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noun

acra·nia (ˈ)ā-ˈkrā-nē-ə

: congenital partial or total absence of the skull

Acrania

2 of 2

noun plural

in former classifications

: a division of the phylum Chordata comprising the hemichordates, tunicates, and lancelets and including all the chordates without true heads and anterior brains

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