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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21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
