English edit

Etymology edit

acantho- (spiny) +‎ -soma (one having such a body)[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

acanthosoma (plural acanthosomas or acanthosomata)

  1. (zoology) A penaeid larva.

References edit

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