acanthor

English

Etymology

From New Latin acanth (“spine”), from Acanthocephala + English -or (“condition”).[1]

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈkæn.θɔɹ/

Noun

acanthor (plural acanthors)

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

References

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

Anagrams

anthraco-, at anchor

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