epicrania

Plural of epicranium. epicranial (ep-i-kra'ni-al), a. [ and epicranium (ep-i-krā'ni-um), n.; pl. epicrania (-). [NL., The epicranium , or that piece (sclerite) bearing the eyes, ocelli and antennæ, and in front the clypeus and labrum. A. S. Packard , Amer. Nat., XVII. 1138. 2. In an at., that which is upon the cranium or skull; the scalp; the galea capitis: especially applied to the muscular and tendinous parts underlying the skin, as the occipitofrontalis. Epic rates (e-pik'rā-tēz), n. [NL., Ringed Boa (Epic rates cenchris). non-venomous constricting serpents of huge hensile, the scales smooth, labial fo æ present, and outer supra condylar protuberances. See phrases fol size, of the family Boida , having the tail pre but the term was afterward extended to both the inner lowing. opher of the first and second centuries, who, after being a slave and a philosopher at Rome, established a school at Nicopolis in Epirus. His doctrines were recorded by his pupil Arrian. Epictetus taught that we should not allow ourselves to be dependent upon good things not within our own power, and that we should worship our consciences.