Definitions from Wiktionary (acephalous)

▸ adjective:  Having no head.
▸ adjective:  (zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
▸ adjective:  (botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
▸ adjective:  (social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
▸ adjective:  (prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
▸ adjective:  Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript)
▸ adjective:  (rare) Without a beginning.





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