SPINY-HEADED WORM

Meaning of SPINY-HEADED WORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈspī-nē-ˌhe-dəd- ]

noun

Date: 1946

: any of a small phylum (Acanthocephala) of unsegmented parasitic worms that have a proboscis bearing hooks by which attachment is made to the intestinal wall of the host

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SPINY-HEADED WORM — noun Date: 1946 any of a small phylum (Acanthocephala) of unsegmented parasitic worms that have a proboscis bearing hooks by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPINY-HEADED WORM — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ - noun : a parasitic worm belonging to the phylum Acanthocephala
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY-HEADED WORM — /spuy"nee hed'id/ any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY-HEADED WORM — Pronunciation: ' sp ī -n ē - ˌ he-d ə d- Function: noun Date: 1946 : any of a small …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPINY-HEADED WORM — [spiny-head.ed worm] n (1946): any of a small phylum (Acanthocephala) of unsegmented parasitic worms that have a proboscis bearing hooks …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINY-HEADED WORM — also called Acanthocephalan, any animal of the invertebrate phylum Acanthocephala. A proboscis, or snout, which bears hooks, gives the group …
Britannica English vocabulary
SPINY — adjective (spinier; -est) Date: 1586 abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances ; thorny , covered or armed with spines, slender …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WORM — I Any of thousands of species of unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have a soft, slender, elongated body with no …
Английский словарь Британика
WORM
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY — I. adjective also spin·ey ˈspīnē, -ni ( spinier ; spiniest ) Etymology: spine + -y 1. : covered with spines …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEADED — |hedə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English hedded, from past participle of hedden to head — more at head 1. : having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY — (n.) See Spinny.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — (a.) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADED — (a.) Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
Английский словарь Webster
HEADED — (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed …
Английский словарь Webster
SPINY — ( n. ) See Spinny.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Like a spine in shape; slender.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — ( a. ) Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADED — ( a. ) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADED — ( a. ) Formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WORM
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — — spininess , n. /spuy"nee/ , adj., spinier, spiniest . 1. abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEADED — /hed"id/ , adj. 1. having a heading or course. 2. shaped or grown into a head. 3. having the mentality, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPINY — adj. thorny, spiked, covered with pointy projections; resembling a spine; difficult, complex, troublesome
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WORM
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINY — adjective ( spin·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1586 1. : abounding with difficulties, obstacles, or annoyances : thorny spiny problems …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HEADED
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WORM
Webster English vocab
SPINY — adj like a spine in shape; slender. 2. spiny ·noun ·see spinny. 3. spiny ·adj full of spines; thorny; as, …
Webster English vocab
HEADED — adj formed into a head; as, a headed cabbage. 2. headed ·impf & ·p.p. of head. 3. headed ·adj furnished …
Webster English vocab
SPINY — ■ adjective ( spinier , spiniest ) 1》 full of or covered with prickles. 2》 informal difficult to understand or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WORM
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINY — [spiny] adj spin.i.er ; -est (1586) 1: covered or armed with spines; broadly: bearing spines, prickles, or thorns 2: abounding …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEADED
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPINY — spin|y BrE AmE ˈspaɪn |i ▷ spin|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ spin|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▷ spin|iness i …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-HEADED — -headed BrE AmE ˈhed ɪd -əd ▷ — bullet-headed ˌbʊl ɪt ˈhed ɪd ◂ -ət-, -əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WORM — / wɜːm; NAmE wɜːrm/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a long thin creature with no bones …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEADED — / ˈhedɪd; NAmE / adjective 1. ( of writing paper ) having the name and address of a person, an …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORM — I. worm 1 /wɜːm $ wɜːrm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wyrm 'snake, worm' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPINY — spin ‧ y /ˈspaɪni/ BrE AmE adjective a spiny animal or plant has lots of stiff sharp points ⇨ spine …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEADED — head ‧ ed /ˈhedəd, ˈhedɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ head , ↑ heading , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WORM
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1 full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. øspiny anteater = ECHIDNA. spiny lobster any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WORM
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1 full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. spiny anteater = ECHIDNA. spiny lobster any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WORM
Oxford English vocab
SPINY — adj. (spinier, spiniest) 1. full of spines; prickly. 2 perplexing, troublesome, thorny. Phrases and idioms: spiny anteater ECHIDNA. spiny lobster …
Oxford English vocab
SPINY — A spiny plant or animal is covered with long sharp points. ...a spiny lobster. ...a spiny cactus. ADJ
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WORM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES open...can of worms ▪ I just don’t know what to do – every solution …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPINY — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a spiny lobster EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Also infesting this domain are the dramatically …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEADED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES headed notepaper (= with the sender’s address printed on it ) COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WORM — [noun] [C] - a small animal with a long narrow soft body without arms, legs or bonesAs worms move through …
Cambridge English vocab
SPINY — [adjective] -ier, -iestThe stems of the plant are spiny (= covered with long sharp points).Some small animals have a spiny …
Cambridge English vocab
HEADED — [adjective] [after verb; not gradable]Which way are you headed (= are you going)?She is headed for (= likely to have) …
Cambridge English vocab
WORM — n. filarial worm guinea worm dragon worm medina worm horsehair worm gordian worm tube worm Eleazar ben Judah of Worms …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WORM — n. 25B6; noun . See list. vermiform, vermian, vermi-. Worms acanthocephalan nemertean acorn worm nereid annelid oligochaete arrow worm paddle …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WORM — noun (Science and Technology) A computer program which (like a virus) is designed to sabotage a computer or network of …
Английский разговорный словарь - Новые слова
WORM — 1. сущ. 1) червяк, червь; глист (тж. презр. о человеке) 2) тех. червяк, шнек, червячный винт ∙ worm of conscience …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPINY — прил. 1) колкий, колючий; покрытый шипами или иглами 2) трудный, сложный, затруднительный spiny problems ≈ затруднительное положение Syn : difficult, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEADED — прил. имеющий заголовок headed note-paper ≈ бланк учреждения с головкой (о булавке); со шляпкой (о гвозде и т. п.) созревший …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
-HEADED — компонент сложных слов со значением : с такой-то головой или имеющий столько-то голов bare-headed ≈ с непокрытой головой many-headed ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

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