ACANTHOCEPHALAN

acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm

(noun) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

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acanthocephalan (plural acanthocephalans)

Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]

• (any species of Acanthocephala): spiny-headed worm, thorny-headed worm

acanthocephalan

In a manner similar to Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]

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