Acephala
See also: acephala
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”). See Acephal
Proper noun
Acephala
- (obsolete) A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – the Bivalvia.
- 1854, Philip Henry Gosse, Natural History (in English), page 57:
- Naturalists arrange the Mollusca in six classes, named Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Gasteropoda, Conchifera, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata. Of these the first three are sometimes distinguished as Encephala, or furnished with a head; the last three as Acephala, being destitute of that organ.
- A group or variety of Brassica oleracea, including kale and collard greens
Related terms
Further reading
- “Acephala”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.