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PHYLUM ACANTHOCEPHALA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
Synonyms:
Acanthocephala; phylum Acanthocephala
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phylum Acanthocephala" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "phylum Acanthocephala"):
acanthocephalan; spiny-headed worm (any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines)
Holonyms ("phylum Acanthocephala" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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