Associations to the word «Acanthocephalan»

Wiktionary

ACANTHOCEPHALAN, noun. Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
ACANTHOCEPHALAN, adjective. In a manner similar to Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]

Dictionary definition

ACANTHOCEPHALAN, noun. Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras