acanthocephalan

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noun

any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

Acanthocephalan in a sentence

That discussion of fish intestines is justified because many acanthocephalans have been described from fish.

Acanthocephalans are dioecious pseudocoelomate worms remarkably adapted to a parasitic lifestyle in that there is no mouth or digestive system.

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