A*ceph"a*lous (#), a. [See Acephal.]
1.
Headless.
2. Zool.
Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. Bot.
Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
4.
Without a leader or chief.
5.
Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
De Quincey.
6. Pros.
Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
Brande.
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