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English
Etymology
From New Latin acanthus (“spine”) (extracted from translingual Acanthocephala) + -or (condition).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
acanthor (plural acanthors)
- The spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host.
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)
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