Found 2 items, similar to Acephalous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: acephalous
acephalous
adj : lacking a head or a clearly defined head;
“acephalous worms”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Acephalous
Acephalous
\A*ceph"a*lous\, a. [See
Acephal.]
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1. Headless.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to
bivalve mollusks.
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3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of
from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
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4. Without a leader or chief.
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5. Wanting the beginning.
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A false or acephalous structure of sentence. --De
Quincey.
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6. (Pros.) Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry.
--Brande.
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