Headless
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Being headless
is acrania, the failure of an individual animal to develop a head, despite belonging to a species that normally does so.
Headless may also refer to:
Headless
Being headless is acrania, the failure of an individual animal to develop a head, despite belonging to a species that normally does so.Headless may also refer to:*Headless system, a server with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse attached...
is acrania, the failure of an individual animal to develop a head, despite belonging to a species that normally does so.
Headless may also refer to:
- Headless systemHeadless systemA headless system is a computer system or device that has been configured to operate without a monitor , keyboard and mouse...
, a server with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse attached - Headless, a foe in Ultima
- Headless, NPCs in The Matrix OnlineThe Matrix OnlineThe Matrix Online was a massively multiplayer online game developed by Monolith Productions created by Richard Carroll. It was the official continuation of the storyline of the Matrix series of films. The game began closed beta-testing in June 2004 which was then opened for people who pre-ordered...
See also
- AcephalyAcephaly (medicine)Acephaly is a type of cephalic disorder. It literally means absence of the head. It is a much rarer condition than anencephaly. The acephalic fetus is a parasitic twin attached to an otherwise intact fetus. The acephalic fetus has a body but lacks a head and heart; the fetus's neck is attached to...
, a condition where a headless lower body can live if not detached from the body of its more normal twin - DecapitationDecapitationDecapitation is the separation of the head from the body. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation, e.g., as a means of murder or execution; it may be accomplished, for example, with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by other more sophisticated means such as a guillotine...
, the severing of the whole head from the body - BlemmyesBlemmyes (legendary creatures)The Blemmyes was a tribe which became fictionalized as a race of creatures believed to be acephalous monsters who had eyes and mouths on their chest. Pliny the Elder writes of them that Blemmyes traduntur capita abesse, ore et oculis pectore adfixis...
, a headless humanoid creature - The Headless Horseman (disambiguation)
- Mike the Headless ChickenMike the Headless ChickenMike the Headless Chicken , also known as Miracle Mike, was a Wyandotte chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been mostly cut off...
(non-fiction)