acanthor

English

Etymology

From New Latin acanthus (“spine”) (extracted from translingual Acanthocephala) + -or (condition).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈkæn.θɔɹ/

Noun

acanthor (plural acanthors)

  1. The spindle-shaped embryo stage of Acanthocephala that burrows into the body cavity of its first intermediate host.

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.