Gah--I want a word

[doc_lemming]

Years ago I was flipping through a book, and I saw a line that said, essentially, a cartoon character whose head is its body is called... And now I can't remember the word, nor the book (or I would find it and look it up), and the keywords I'm using in Google don't seem to be correct

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[anonymous]

Arnim Zola?

I wish

[doc_lemming]

But Arnim Zola isn't really a general enough term...

[selenajardine]

"cephaloid" is an adjective meaning "shaped like a head."

A cephalopod is a sea animal which is a head with arms and legs attached to it.

Either of those helpful?