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spiny-headed worm
[ spahy-nee-hed-id ]
noun
- 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
/ spī′nē-hĕd′ĭd /
- See acanthocephalan
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spiny-headed worm1
First recorded in 1945–50
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