A‐ceph″a‐lous (�), a. [See Acephal.] 1. Headless.
2. (Zoöl.) Without a distinct head; — a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
3. (Bot.) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.
4. Without a leader or chief.
5. Wanting the beginning.
A false or acephalous structure of sentence.
De Quincey.
6. (Pros.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. Brande.