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.

Origin of spiny-headed worm

1
First recorded in 1945–50

Words Nearby spiny-headed worm

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Scientific definitions for spiny-headed worm

spiny-headed worm

[ spīnē-hĕd′ĭd ]


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