SPHENACANTHOCEPHALA


Meaning of SPHENACANTHOCEPHALA in English

|sfēn+ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from sphen- + Acanthocephala

: a small order of Acanthocephala comprising a few parasites of birds that lack a true cephalic extrovert or proboscis

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