acantocéfalo

Portuguese

Etymology

From acanto- +‎ -céfalo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.kɐ̃.toˈsɛ.fa.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.kɐ̃.tuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

• Hyphenation: a‧can‧to‧cé‧fa‧lo

Noun

acantocéfalo m (plural acantocéfalos)

1. (zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)

Adjective

acantocéfalo (feminine acantocéfala, masculine plural acantocéfalos, feminine plural acantocéfalas)

1. acanthocephalan, acanthocephalous

Further reading

• “acantocéfalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acantocéfalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From acanto- +‎ -céfalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akantoˈθefalo/ [a.kãn̪.t̪oˈθe.fa.lo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /akantoˈsefalo/ [a.kãn̪.t̪oˈse.fa.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -efalo
• Syllabification: a‧can‧to‧cé‧fa‧lo

Noun

acantocéfalo m (plural acantocéfalos)

1. (zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)

Adjective

acantocéfalo (feminine acantocéfala, masculine plural acantocéfalos, feminine plural acantocéfalas)

1. acanthocephalan, acanthocephalous

Further reading

• “acantocéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025