Definition of Acephela
||A*ceph"a*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?;, adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal.] (Zoöl.)
That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like
the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head.
Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the
Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoölogy) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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