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Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a leader or chief.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

Microcephalous :: Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.

Megacephalic :: Megacephalic (a.) Alt. of Megacephalou.

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A Christian sect without a leader.

Acephalist :: Acephalist (n.) One who acknowledges no head or superior.

Acephalocyst :: Acephalocyst (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin..

Megacephalous :: Megacephalous (a.) Large headed; -- applied to animals, and to plants when they have large flower heads..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A class of levelers in the time of K. Henry I.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (n.) Same as Acephal.

Encephalous :: Encephalous (a.) Having a head; -- said of most Mollusca; -- opposed to acephalous.

Maleo :: Maleo (n.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Mesocephalic :: Mesocephalic (a.) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic.

Acephalan :: Acephalan (a.) Belonging to the Acephala.

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