Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete name of the tænia or tapeworm.
- noun In teratology, a monster without a head.
- noun In prosody, a verse defective at the beginning.
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Examples
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It is related that one day he told his father that he had swallowed some acephalus molluscus, which so alarmed him that he shrieked for help.
Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way William Pittenger 1872
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