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acanthella

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  • noun A pre-infective larva stage of Acanthocephala, formed within the arthropod host
  • noun biology The juvenile infective form of an Acanthocephalan

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From English acanth- ("spike") taken from Acanthocephala + -ella ("little one belonging to").

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