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decollated, ppl. a.
[f. decollate v.1 + -ed.]
1. Severed at the neck; beheaded, decapitated.
1662Ogilby King's Coronation 3 A Trophy with decollated Heads. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Introd. 23 A fine piece of a decollated head of St. John the Baptist was shewn to a Turkish emperor. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg., Jerry Jarvis's Wig, Speaking of the decollated Martyr St. Dennis's walk with his head under his arm.
2. Conch. Of a spiral shell: Truncated at the apex.
This occurs normally in some univalve molluscs; in the course of growth, the animal ceases to occupy the apex, and throws a partition across, when the dead part breaks off.
1847Carpenter Zool. §909 A shell thus deprived of its apex is said to be decollated. 1854Woodward Mollusca iv. (1856) 45 The deserted apex is sometimes very thin, and becoming dead and brittle, it breaks away, leaving the shell truncated, or decollated. |