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Acephalous Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Acephalous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

lacking a head or a clearly defined head

"acephalous worms"

2

Headless

See Also
headless deficient ovary
Related Terms

Origin

The word comes from the French acéphale, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek meaning "headless." It is formed by combining a negative prefix meaning "not" with the word for "head."

Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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