[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

acephalous \aceph"alous\, 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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see also:
acephal 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

acephalous
     adj : lacking a head or a clearly defined head; "acephalous worms"

[3] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

acephalous, adj.  in the surprising condition of the crusader who
absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a saracen scimitar
had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de
joinville.

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