acanthocephalan
acant·ho·cep·halan
noun
1.
any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
Origin
From acantho- + Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -an.
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