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Meanings of acephalous in English

Without a head.

        Usage of acephalous in English
        1
        Pare, Benivenius, and Columbus describe adults with acephalous monsters attached to them.
        Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
        2
        He found it more 'acephalous' than ever; 'less order; less unity of purpose.'
        The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) / 1809-1859
        3
        The pearl-bearing oyster is of a more delicate nature than most of the other acephalous mollusca.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        4
        And Mr. Buckle begins with making Personality acephalous, and ends-with appending its corpse to Society, to be galvanized into seemings of life.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 / A Magaz...
        5
        It is but to the vulgar observation that thou appearest to have a head at all; in the eye of the law thou art acephalous.
        The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
        6
        ACEPHALOUS, headless, whether literally or metaphorically, leaderless.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        Acephalous through the time