HyperDic: spiny-headed_worm

English > 1 sense of the expression spiny-headed worm:
NOUNanimalspiny-headed worm, acanthocephalanany of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
English > spiny-headed worm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.
Synonymacanthocephalan
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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