acanthocephalan (n)
spiny-headed worm (n)

n01923404

type n
lex_filenum 05
def any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
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Hypernym worm
Member holonym Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala
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Hyponym worm
Member meronym Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala

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