What does "acephalous" mean?
Acephalous: (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
- 3.Without a leader or chief.
- 4.Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.
- 5.(Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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