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Definition of: acephalous
(ā·sef′ə·ləs) adjective
1. Headless.
2. Zool. Without a clearly defined head, as certain mollusks.
3. Having no rule.
4. Lacking proper beginning, as a line of verse. [<L acephalus <Gk. akephalos headless < a-without + kephalē head]
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