acanthor

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acanthor (plural acanthors)

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

References

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

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