SPINY-HEADED WORM Definition & Meaning

spiny-headed worm

[ spahy-nee-hed-id ]

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noun

any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.

spiny-headed worm

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See acanthocephalan

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of spiny-headed worm¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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After burrowing into the walls of a fish's intestines, the spiny-headed worm Pomphorhynchus laevis inflates its proboscis to better embed itself in the soft tissue.

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