skullcap
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈskʌlkæp/
skullcap (plural skullcaps)
- A small domed cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck.
- A yarmulke-like hat worn as an element of ghetto fashion.
- (anatomy) The calvaria, the top part of the skull, covering the cranial cavity containing the brain.
- (botany) Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Scutellaria, in the Lamiaceae family.
- (historical) A torture device for compressing the skull.
- (yarmulke) kippah
- French: kippa, calotte
- German: Kippa, Schädeldecke, Scheitelkäppchen
- Italian: kippah
- Portuguese: gorro
- Russian: ермо́лка
- Spanish: kipá
- French: calotte
- French: scutellaire
- German: Helmkraut
- Portuguese: perilômia
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