adj wanting the beginning.
2. acephalous ·adj without a leader or chief.
3. acephalous ·adj headless.
4. acephalous ·adj deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry.
5. acephalous ·adj without a distinct head;
a term applied to bivalve mollusks.
6. acephalous ·adj having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries.