Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
A______________
Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues
No curated clues for acanthocephalan yet.