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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caput \Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl {Capita} (k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb. {Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence worthless residue. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caput n 1: 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" 2: the upper or front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" [syn: {head}]
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