Usually means: Parasitic worms with spiny proboscis.
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  1. acanthocephala: Merriam-Webster
  2. Acanthocephala: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Acanthocephala: Vocabulary.com
  4. Acanthocephala: Wordnik
  5. Acanthocephala, acanthocephala: Dictionary.com
  6. Acanthocephala (bug), Acanthocephala (disambiguation), Acanthocephala: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Acanthocephala: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. acanthocephala: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Acanthocephala: Rhymezone
  10. Acanthocephala: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. acanthocephala: FreeDictionary.org
  12. acanthocephala: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Acanthocephala: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Acanthocephala: Encyclopedia

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  1. Acanthocephala: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. Acanthocephala: Medical dictionary

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  1. acanthocephala: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Acanthocephala)

noun:  Acanthocephala (Greek , 'thorn' + , 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host.
noun:  Acanthocephala, also known as spine-headed bugs, is a New World genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae.

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