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acanthocephalan

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15 lettersPronunciation /əˌkæn.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən/Part of speech nounSorted aaaaccehhlnnoptStarts with AEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From acantho- + Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -an.

Used in a sentence

  • That discussion of fish intestines is justified because many acanthocephalans have been described from fish.
  • Acanthocephalans are dioecious pseudocoelomate worms remarkably adapted to a parasitic lifestyle in that there is no mouth or digestive system.

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