a. [f. SMOOTH a. 14.] Having a smooth head. Chiefly in the names of animals, plants, etc.
1752. J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 326. The variegated-backed, smooth-headed Strix.
1822. Hortus Anglicus, II. 7. Papaver Dubium. Long Smooth-headed Poppy.
1831. Griffith, trans. Cuvier, IX. Syn. 65. Smooth-headed Gerrhonote, Gerrhonotus Leiocephalus.
1893. Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., I. 156. The Smooth-Headed Sapajou (Cebus monachus) is a species from Rio Janeiro.