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Acanthocephalan

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

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Variants

synonym
spiny-headed worm
plural
Acanthocephalans
possessive
Acanthocephalan's
pluralpossessive
Acanthocephalans'

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

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