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acephaline

acephaline adjective: lacking a head-like section in the upper body.

Adjective

acephaline (not comparable)

  1. lacking a head-like section in the upper body.
    Synonyms:
    aseptate

Synonyms of acephaline

Origin of acephaline

From a- + cephaline.

Questions about acephaline

What does acephaline mean?
Acephaline means lacking a head-like section in the upper body.
What part of speech is acephaline?
Acephaline is an adjective.

Words near acephaline in the dictionary

  1. acephalgic
  2. acephalgically
  3. acephali
  4. acephalia
  5. acephalic
  6. acephaline
  7. acephalism
  8. acephalist
  9. acephalists
  10. acephalite
  11. acephalites

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