a. Ethnol. [f. Gr. εὐρύ-ς wide + κεφαλ-ή head + -IC.] lit. Broad-headed; applied to a subdivision of the brachycephalic or short broad-skulled races of mankind.
[1866. Laing & Huxley, Preh. Rem. Caithn., 85. I propose to sub-divide the Brachycephali into Eurycephali, with the cephalic index .80 to .84, and Brachistocephali, with the cephalic index .85 and above.]
1878. Bartley, trans. Topinard’s Anthrop., v. 176. Eurycephalic, large skull.
