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Definition of Acanthocephala
1. Noun. Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms.
Group relationships: Animal Kingdom, Animalia, Kingdom Animalia
Member holonyms: Acanthocephalan, Spiny-headed Worm
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Definition of Acanthocephala
1. n. pl. A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
Medical Definition of Acanthocephala
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acanthocephala
Literary usage of Acanthocephala
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"The AcanthoCephala appear to be always viviparous. At the time of impregnation
the ovum is a naked cell, and undergoes in this condition the earlier phases ..."
2. The Animal Parasites of Man: A Handbook for Students and Medical Men by Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun, Pauline Falcke, Louis Westenra Sambon, Frederick Vincent Theobald (1908)
"D. acanthocephala (Rud.) Gutless, nematode-like worms that carry at ...
The acanthocephala are elongated cylindrical worms, with a rounded posterior end. ..."
3. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"acanthocephala.f Elongated, parasitic worms which live as adults in the intestine
of vertebrates, to the walls of which they attach themselves by means of a ..."
4. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"A. Characteristics of acanthocephala. Ascaris-like worms, with a rostrum covered
with recurved hooks; intestine absent. ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... there is nothing to be found which bears a resemblance to nerves. We may divide
this order into four families. FAMILY I. acanthocephala. ..."
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