A. adj. Of or belonging to the class Acalepha.
Mod. Its structure shows an approach to the Acalephan type.
B. sb. An Acaleph, or animal of the class Acalepha.
1843. Owen, Anat. Invert. An., 111. The form described and figured by M. Sars in 1829 as a new genus of Acalephan.
1854. Knights Eng. Cycl., I. 24. The general opinion seems to be that touch is the only sense possessed by the Acalephans.