Cra·ni·a n.  Zool. A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
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  Cra·ni·um n.; pl.  E.  Craniums (-░mz), L. Crania   The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.
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  cranium
       n : the part of the skull that encloses the brain [syn: braincase,
            brainpan]
       [also: crania (pl)]