acanthor

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin acanth (“spine”), from Acanthocephala + English -or (“condition”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

acanthor (plural acanthors)

  1. The spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host.

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

Anagrams

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