ACANTHOCEPHALA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthocephala mean? 

• ACANTHOCEPHALA (noun)
  The noun ACANTHOCEPHALA has 1 sense:

1. phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

  Familiarity information: ACANTHOCEPHALA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACANTHOCEPHALA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthocephala; phylum Acanthocephala

Hypernyms ("Acanthocephala" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Acanthocephala"):

acanthocephalan; spiny-headed worm (any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines)

Holonyms ("Acanthocephala" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)