- spiny-headed worm
- noun Date: 1946 any of a small phylum (Acanthocephala) of unsegmented parasitic worms that have a proboscis bearing hooks by which attachment is made to the intestinal wall of the host
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spiny-headed worm — [spī′nēhed΄id] n. ACANTHOCEPHALAN … English World dictionary
spiny-headed worm — /spuy nee hed id/ any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates. [1945 50] * * * Introduction also called acanthocephalan any animal … Universalium
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spiny-headed worm — noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines • Syn: ↑acanthocephalan • Hypernyms: ↑worm • Member Holonyms: ↑Acanthocephala, ↑phylum Acanthocephala * * *… … Useful english dictionary
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worm — wormer, n. wormlike, wormish, adj. /werrm/, n. 1. Zool. any of numerous long, slender, soft bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 2.… … Universalium
Worm — A worm is a common name given to a diverse group of invertebrate animals that have a long, soft body and no legs. There are hundreds of thousands of species of worms, 2,700 of these are earthworms. Animals which are commonly called worms include… … Wikipedia
Parasitic worm (disambiguation) — Parasitic worm may refer to:*Helminth collectively describes the unrelated worm like groups platyhelminthes and nematoda *Platyhelminthes, or flatworms the phyla which contains the parasitic tapeworms and flukes *Nematoda, or roundworms the most… … Wikipedia
Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals — ▪ Table Selected infectious and parasitic diseases of animals animal(s) affected name(s) of disease nature of disease Diseases of bacterial origin most mammals, chickens necrobacillosis, calf diptheria, bovine foot rot, necrotic hepatitis,… … Universalium
Acanthocephala — noun phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny headed worms • Syn: ↑phylum Acanthocephala • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
