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    ACANTHOCEPHALA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed wormsplay

    Synonyms:

    Acanthocephala; phylum Acanthocephala

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Acanthocephala" is a kind of...):

    phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

    Meronyms (members of "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 ("Acanthocephala" is a member of...):

    animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

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