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acanthocephalan

noun

any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

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Word length
15
Starts with
A
Ends with
N
Contains
CA
Scrabble score
27

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əˌkæn.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən

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noun

  1. any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

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