acanthocephalan | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun acanthocephalan has 1 sense

acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm - any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
--₁ is a kind of worm
--₁ is a member of Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala