Usually means: Lacking a head or leader.
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  1. acephal: Merriam-Webster
  2. acephal: Wordnik
  3. acephal: Wiktionary
  4. Acephal, acephal: Dictionary.com
  5. Acephal: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. acephal: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Acephal: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. acephal: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Acephal: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. acephal: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acephal)

▸ noun:  (zoology) One of the Acephala.

Similar:
acephali, acephalogasteria, acanthocephalid, apodal, pachycephalid, ariophantid, acanthosoma, acanthodrilid, agnath, acanthoceratid, more...

Opposite:
cephalate, cephalized, cephalization

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Similar:
acephali, acephalogasteria, acanthocephalid, apodal, pachycephalid, ariophantid, acanthosoma, acanthodrilid, agnath, acanthoceratid, more...

Opposite:
cephalate, cephalized, cephalization



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