Meaning | Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines. |
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Synonym | acanthocephalan |
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Member of | Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala | phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates |
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Broader | worm | Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla ... / phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes |
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Spanish | acantocéfalo |
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Catalan | acantocèfal, acantocéfalo |
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