Definitions for acanthocephala
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Princeton's WordNet
Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala(noun)
phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
Webster Dictionary
Acanthocephala(u)
a group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Acanthocephala
A phylum of parasitic worms, closely related to tapeworms and containing two genera: Moniliformis, which sometimes infects man, and Macracanthorhynchus, which infects swine.
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