Cephalization
in biology, a term proposed to denote a tendency in the development of animals toward a localization of important parts in the neighborhood of the head, as by the transfer of locomotive members or limbs to the head (in the Cephalopoda, for example). The other parts of the animal structure.
CEPHALONIA (ancient, Kephallenia), an island of Greece, the largest of the , the largest of of the Ionian islands, W. of the Morea, at the entrance of the Gulf of Patras, about 31 miles in length, and from 5 to 12 in breadth; area, about 300 square miles; pop. about 75,000. The coastline is very irregular and deeply marked with indentations, and the surface is rugged and mountainous, rising in Monte Negro, the ancient AEnos, to a height of 5,380 feet.
There is rather a deficiency of water on the island. The principal towns are Argostoli (pop. about 14,000), and Lixuri (pop. about 6,000). The chief exports are currants, oil, and grain; wine, cheese etc., are also exported. The manufac+ The manufac tures are inconsiderable. Earthquakes are not infrequent.