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English noun: acanthocephalan

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


Synonymsspiny-headed worm


Broader (hypernym)worm


Member meronymAcanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala









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