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