ACANTHOCEPHALA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthocephala mean? • ACANTHOCEPHALA (noun)
The noun ACANTHOCEPHALA has 1 sense:
1. phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
Familiarity information: ACANTHOCEPHALA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACANTHOCEPHALA (noun)
Meaning:
Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acanthocephala; phylum Acanthocephala
Hypernyms ("Acanthocephala" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "Acanthocephala"):
acanthocephalan; spiny-headed worm (any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines)
Holonyms ("Acanthocephala" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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