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Definition of caput

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"

Similar Words: head

Hyponyms: human head

Part Meronyms: body, organic structure, physical structure, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

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