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  1. In conchology, having a head, as most mollusks; of or pertaining to the Encephala: an epithet applied to mollusks, excepting the Lamellibranchia, which are said, in distinction, to be acephalous.

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  1. from Greek ἐγκέφαλος, within the head: see encephalon. The right form for this meaning is cephalous.
 

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