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

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

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Headless.

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

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

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

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

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries..

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

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