acephalous
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a·ceph·a·lous
(ā-sĕf'ə-ləs) 
adj.
adj.
- Biology. Headless or lacking a clearly defined head: acephalous worms.
- Having no leader.
[From Medieval Latin acephalus, from Greek akephalos : a-, without; see a-1 + kephalē, head; see -cephalous.]
Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms:
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acephalous
acephalous
Twenty bookès, clad in blak or reed
Noun: acephalexis.
See also truncation.Devil's Dictionary:
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acephalous
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce
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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