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Acephal
(gcide) | Acephal \Ac"e*phal\, n. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? head: cf. F.
ac['e]phale, LL. acephalus.] (Zool.)
One of the Acephala.
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megacephaly
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Acephala
(gcide) | Lamellibranchia \La*mel`li*bran"chi*a\, Lamellibranchiata
\La*mel`li*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See lamella, and
Branchia, Branchiate.] (Zool.)
An earlier name for the class of Mollusca including all those
that have bivalve shells, as the clams, oysters, mussels,
etc., now called Pelecypoda or Bivalvia.
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Note: They usually have two (rarely but one) flat,
lamelliform gills on each side of the body. They have
an imperfectly developed head, concealed within the
shell, whence they are called {Acephala}. Called also
Conchifera, and Pelecypoda. See Bivalve.
[1913 Webster]Acephala \A*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, adj. neut. pl.,
headless. See Acephal.] (Zool.)
That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve
shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they
have no evident head. Formerly the group included the
Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See
Mollusca.
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Acephalan
(gcide) | Acephalan \A*ceph"a*lan\, n.
Same as Acephal.
[1913 Webster]Acephalan \A*ceph"a*lan\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to the Acephala.
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Acephali
(gcide) | Acephali \A*ceph"a*li\, n. pl. [LL., pl. of acephalus. See
Acephal.]
1. A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have
heads.
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2. (Eccl. Hist.)
(a) A Christian sect without a leader.
(b) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular
diocesan control.
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3. A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.
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Acephalist
(gcide) | Acephalist \A*ceph"a*list\, n.
One who acknowledges no head or superior. --Dr. Gauden.
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Acephalocyst
(gcide) | Acephalocyst \A*ceph"a*lo*cyst\, n. [Gr. 'ake`falos without a
head + ky`stis bladder.] (Zool.)
A larval entozo["o]n in the form of a subglobular or oval
vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in
the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from
the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These
cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also
applied to similar cysts of different origin.
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Acephalocystic
(gcide) | Acephalocystic \A*ceph`a*lo*cys"tic\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
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Acephalous
(gcide) | Acephalous \A*ceph"a*lous\, a. [See Acephal.]
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1. Headless.
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2. (Zool.) 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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Megacephalic
(gcide) | Megacephalic \Meg`a*ce*phal"ic\
(m[e^]g`[.a]*s[-e]*f[a^]l"[i^]k), Megacephalous
\Meg`a*ceph"a*lous\ (m[e^]g`[.a]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s), a. [Mega-
+ Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.)
Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they
have large flower heads.
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megacephalon maleo
(gcide) | Maleo \Ma"le*o\, n. [From its native name.] (Zool.)
A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush
turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.
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Megacephalous
(gcide) | Megacephalic \Meg`a*ce*phal"ic\
(m[e^]g`[.a]*s[-e]*f[a^]l"[i^]k), Megacephalous
\Meg`a*ceph"a*lous\ (m[e^]g`[.a]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s), a. [Mega-
+ Gr. kefalh` head.] (Biol.)
Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they
have large flower heads.
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megacephaly
(gcide) | Megalocephalia \Meg`a*lo*ce*pha"li*a\, Megalocephaly
\Meg`a*lo*ceph"a*ly\, n. [NL. megalocephalia, fr. Gr. ? having a
large head.] (Med.)
The condition of having an abnormally large head; called also
megacephaly. -- Meg`a*lo*ce*phal"ic, a.
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acephalia
(wn) | acephalia
n 1: absence of the head (as in the development of some
monsters) [syn: acephalia, acephaly, acephalism] |
acephalism
(wn) | acephalism
n 1: absence of the head (as in the development of some
monsters) [syn: acephalia, acephaly, acephalism] |
acephalous
(wn) | acephalous
adj 1: lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous
worms" |
acephaly
(wn) | acephaly
n 1: absence of the head (as in the development of some
monsters) [syn: acephalia, acephaly, acephalism] |
brassica oleracea acephala
(wn) | Brassica oleracea acephala
n 1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a
head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort,
Brassica oleracea acephala] |
megacephaly
(wn) | megacephaly
n 1: an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus
because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the
overgrowth is symmetrical [syn: macrocephaly,
megacephaly, megalocephaly] |
acephalous
(devil) | ACEPHALOUS, 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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