Acanthocephalan
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- spiny-headed worm
- plural
- Acanthocephalans
- possessive
- Acanthocephalan's
- pluralpossessive
- Acanthocephalans'