Acephalous means; not having a head (an acephalous skeleton).
It can also mean having no leader or chief (an acephalous society
In literature, if means a typical hexameter beginning with a short syllable lacking a syllable or syllables in the first foot.
(In pre-colonial political systems in Nigeria, the Igbo political system was referred to as an acephalous society).
(We were not accorded full marks on our projects because we drew an acephalous skeleton).
by Mia' May 4, 2019
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