acephalous

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Synonyms: cephalous, acephalus, -cephalous, adephagous, bicephalous, dicephalous, cephalotus, encephalous, cephalus, asepalous, -cephalus

Antonyms: cephalous, acephalus, -cephalous, adephagous, bicephalous, dicephalous, cephalotus, encephalous, cephalus, asepalous, -cephalus

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Adjective

1. Having no head.
2. {{lb|en|zoology|applied to [[bivalve]] [[mollusk]]s}} Without a distinct head.
3. {{lb|en|botany}} Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain [[ovary|ovaries]]
4. {{senseid|en|sociology}} {{lb|en|social science|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.
5. {{lb|en|prosody}} [[deficient|Deficient]] in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
6. Lacking the first portion of the [[text]]. {{q|of a [[manuscript]]}}
7. {{lb|en|rare}} Without a beginning.

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