Acephalous
A·ceph·a·lous
Acephalous
a.
- Headless.
- Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. (Zool.)
- Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. (Bot.)
- Without a leader or chief.
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Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
- Deficient at the beginning, as a line of poetry. (Pros.)