Meanings
nounspiny-headed worm (plural spiny-headed worms)
plural spiny-headed worms
- Any parasitic worm of the phylum Acanthocephala
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
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