Acephalous
[ә'sefәlәs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking a head or a clearly defined head; 'acephalous worms' .
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Definition
(a.) Headless.
(a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
(a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
(a.) Without a leader or chief.
(a.) Wanting the beginning.
(a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Headless.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had unconsciously to him passed through his neck as related by de Joinville.
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