acephalous

acephalous is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Headless.

[2] Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

[3] Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.

[4] Without a leader or chief.

[5] Wanting the beginning. A false or acephalous structure of sentence. De Quincey.

[6] Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.

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