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Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Acephalous

· A·ceph·a·lous · IPA /əˈsɛfələs/
01 a. Headless.
  1. 1.
    Headless.
  2. 2.
    Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.(Zool.)
  3. 3.
    Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.(Bot.)
  4. 4.
    Without a leader or chief.
  5. 5.
    Wanting the beginning.
    “A false or acephalous structure of sentence.” De Quincey.
  6. 6.
    Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry.(Pros.)