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Spiny-headed Worm

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Noun

1. acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm

any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

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Spiny-headed Worm

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acanthocephalan

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Spiny-headed Worm

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n.
Any of various worms of the phylum Acanthocephala that live parasitically in the intestines of vertebrates and are characterized by a cylindrical, retractile proboscis that bears many rows of hooked spines. Also called acanthocephalan, thorny-headed worm.

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