Meaning Of The Word Acanthocephalan
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Acanthocephalan Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Acanthocephalan?
acanthocephalan in American English
any of a phylum (Acanthocephala) of intestinal worms, lacking a digestive tract and having a proboscis bearing rows of thornlike hooks adjective: belonging or pertaining to the Acanthocephala noun: any parasitic worm of the phylum or class Acanthocephala, having a proboscis covered with recurved hooks acanthocephalan in British English adjective: of, relating to, or belonging to the Acanthocephala noun: any of the parasitic wormlike invertebrates of the phylum Acanthocephala, the adults of which have a spiny proboscis and live in the intestines of vertebrates |
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