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spiny-headed worm

[ spahy-nee-hed-id ]

noun

  1. any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.


spiny-headed worm

/ spīnē-hĕd′ĭd /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of spiny-headed worm1

First recorded in 1945–50

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