acanthocephalan

n. 棘头虫,棘头纲虫

发音

US /əˌkæn.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən/
US /əˌkænt.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən/
US /əˌkæn.θoʊˈsɛf.ə.lən/

词形变化

acanthocephalans 复数 acanthocephalans

别名

acantocephalan acanthocephalid

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.

    2006, B. B. Nickol, Phylum Acanthocephala, P. T. K. Woo (editor), Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1: Protozoan and Metazoan Infections, 2nd Edition, page 458, Clearly acanthocephalans contain large amounts of lipid and possess enzyme systems for lipid metabolism (Filipponi et al., 1994; Weber et al., 1995); however, use of these lipid deposits in energy metabolism is yet to be demonstrated.

adj.
  1. 1.

    In a manner similar to Acanthocephala.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

spiny-headed worm

上位词 1

worm

词源

From acantho- + Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -an.

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