a. Path. [f. L. tect-um roof + Gr. κεφαλή head + -IC: cf. CEPHALIC.] = SCAPHOCEPHALIC. So Tectocephaly = SCAPHOCEPHALY.
1888. Clevinger, in Amer. Nat., July, 614. The Esquimaux are tectocephalic (rafter-headed), with flat pyramidal, or lozenge-shaped faces, due to excessive zygoma projection, and narrow foreheads.
