acephalous
/əˈsɛfələs/ · adjective
Meaning
- Headless
- (applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
- Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
- Without a leader or chief.
- Without a beginning
- Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable
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