Etymology

acanthor

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Today it means: The spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host. Full definition →

New Latin acanthus ← taxonomic name Acanthocephala
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  1. taxonomic name · derived fromAcanthocephala
  2. New Latin · derived fromacanthus“spine”
  3. English todayacanthor

From New Latin acanthus (“spine”) (extracted from taxonomic name Acanthocephala) + -or (condition).

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