Definition of Acanthacephala
||A*can`tho*ceph"a*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. &?; a spine, thorn + &?; head.] (Zoöl.) A group
of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved
spines.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a taxonomic phylum, within superphylum Protostomia - intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines
- a taxonomic genus, within family Coreidae - leaf-footed bugs
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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