acephalous

acephalous
[eɪˈsɛf(ə)ləs -ˈkɛf-]
adjective
  1. no longer having a head
    失去头部的
    an acephalous skeleton.
    无头骨架。
    ■(Zoology)not having a head
    (动)无头的
    ■having no leader or chief
    无首领的
    an acephalous society.
    群龙无首的社会。
  2. (Prosody)(typically of a hexameter beginning with a short syllable) lacking a syllable or syllables in the first foot
    (诗韵)(尤指以短音节开头的六韵步诗行)首音步少一个(或几个)音节的
语源
  1. mid 18th cent.: via medieval Latin from Greek akephalos 'headless' (from a- 'without' + kephalē 'head') + -ous
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