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plural caputs or capita
(anatomy) The head. examples
(anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum. examples
The top or superior part of a thing. examples
(UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. quotations examples
Your caputs and heads of colleges.
1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […]
(medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of caput succedaneum. examples