English noun: spiny-headed worm | |||
| 1. | spiny-headed worm (animal) any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines | ||
| Synonyms | acanthocephalan | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | worm | ||
| Member meronym | Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala | ||