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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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