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ACEPHALOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. lacking a head or having the head reduced 2. lacking a governing head or chief Did you know? The English word acephalous was borrowed from Medieval Latin.
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Acephalous | Treasure Island Wiki - Fandom
Acephalous is a Goofy toon with minor distortions and melting. The one significant change of Acephalous from his Disney counterpart is the separation of his ...
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Acephalous line - Wikipedia
An acephalous or headless line is a variety of catalectic line in a poem which does not conform to its accepted metre, due to the first syllable's omission.
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acephalous
acephalous, a. (əˈsɛfələs) [f. Fr. acéphale or late L. acephal-us (a. Gr. ἀκέϕαλος) + -ous.] 1. Without the head, headless.1731 Bailey, vol. II, Acephalous, without a head. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. Some modern travellers still pretend to find Acephalous people in America. 1774 Cooper in Phil. Trans...
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acephalous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Adjective · Having no head. · (zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head. · (botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from ...
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Acephalous society - Wikipedia
In anthropology, an acephalous society is a society which lacks political leaders or hierarchies. Such groups are also known as non-stratified societies.
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Acephalous
Acephalous (Greek: "without a head") may refer to:
Acephalous society
Acephalous line
Acephali
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Acephalous - (Intro to Anthropology) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations
Acephalous refers to a political or social system that lacks a centralized authority or leadership. It describes a decentralized, non-hierarchical structure.
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ACEPHALOUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
without a head: an acephalous monster; without a leader: They live in small groups with an acephalous social organization. an informal, acephalous committee.
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ACEPHALOUS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · having no head or one that is reduced and indistinct, as certain insect larvae · having or recognizing no ruler or leader. “Collins English ...
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acephalous - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
1. Biology Headless or lacking a clearly defined head: acephalous worms. 2. Having no leader.
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Acephalous society
In anthropology, an acephalous society (from the Greek ἀκέφαλος "headless") is a society which lacks political leaders or hierarchies. The Igbo Nation in West Africa are allegedly an acephalous or egalitarian society.
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anencephalous
anencephalous, a. Phys. (ænɪnˈsɛfələs) [mod. f. Gr. ἀνεγκέϕαλ-ος in Galen (f. ἀν priv. + ἐγκέϕαλος brain, prop. adj. ‘within the head,’ f. ἐγ = ἐν in + κεϕαλή head) + -ous. Cf. Fr. anencéphale.] Brainless; wanting, or bereft of, the brain.1836–39 Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. II. 471/2 Congenital malform...
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Acephalous line
Acephalous lines are usually deliberate variations in scansion, but this is not always obvious. Acephalous lines are common in anapestic metre, especially in limericks.
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asiphonate
asiphonate, a. and n. Zool. (əˈsaɪfəneɪt) [f. a- prefix 14 + siphonate.] A. adj. Having no respiratory siphon. B. n. An acephalous mollusc so characterized.1859 Owen Classif. Mamm. 61 Holostomatous and asiphonate Gastropods. 1879 Le Conte Elem. Geol. 304 Lamellibranchs are divided into Siphonates an...
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