acephalous
acephalous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks called?
- What is having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries called?
- What is wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey called?
- What is deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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