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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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acephalous
(wn) | acephalous
adj 1: lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous
worms" |
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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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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acephalous
(wn) | acephalous
adj 1: lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous
worms" |
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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