Associations to the word «Acanthocephalan»
Wiktionary
ACANTHOCEPHALAN, noun. Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
ACANTHOCEPHALAN, adjective. In a manner similar to Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
Dictionary definition
ACANTHOCEPHALAN, noun. Any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.