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English
Etymology
From acantho- (“spiny”) + -soma (“one having such a body”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
acanthosoma (plural acanthosomas or acanthosomata)
- (zoology) A penaeid larva.
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)