HyperDic: acanthocephalan

English > 1 sense of the word acanthocephalan:
NOUNanimalacanthocephalan, spiny-headed wormany of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
English > acanthocephalan: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.
Synonymspiny-headed worm
Member ofAcanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephalaphylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates
BroaderwormAny of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes
Spanishacantocéfalo
Catalanacantocèfal, acantocéfalo

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