spiny-headed worm
[spahy-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.
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Origin of spiny-headed worm
First recorded in 1945–50
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spiny-headed worm
(spī′nē-hĕd′ĭd)- Acanthocephala
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spiny-headed worm
[spī′nē-hĕd′ĭd]
- See acanthocephalan.
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