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acanthor

English edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin acanthus (“spine”) (extracted from translingual Acanthocephala) + -or (condition).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

acanthor (plural acanthors)

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

References edit

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

Anagrams edit

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