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15-letter words (1 found)

ACANTHOCEPHALAN,

10-letter words (2 found)

CATANANCHE,COELACANTH,

9-letter words (8 found)

ACALEPHAN,CALCANEAN,CATCHPOLE,HALOTHANE,PANACHAEA,PANTALEON,PANTALONE,PANTHENOL,

8-letter words (32 found)

ACANTHAE,ANALECTA,ANCONEAL,APHOLATE,CACHALOT,CACHEPOT,CALANTHE,CALATHEA,CALCANEA,CANTONAL,CAPONATA,CATECHOL,CENOTAPH,CHACONNE,CONCHATE,CONEPATL,HALACHOT,NANOTECH,NAPHTHOL,NEONATAL,PANACEAN,PANATELA,PANCHEON,PANTALON,PANTHEON,PENCHANT,PENTANOL,PLACCATE,PLACENTA,PLANCHET,PLATANNA,POTLACHE,

7-letter words (78 found)

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6-letter words (110 found)

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5-letter words (193 found)

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4-letter words (210 found)

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3-letter words (115 found)

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2-letter words (30 found)

AA,AE,AH,AL,AN,AT,CH,EA,EH,EL,EN,ET,HA,HE,HO,LA,LO,NA,NE,NO,OE,OH,ON,OP,PA,PE,PO,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 780 words from acanthocephalan according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acanthocephalan

acanthocephalan

Alternative forms

  • acanthocephalid

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, thorn) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, head).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˌkæn.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən/, /əˌkænt.θəˈsɛf.ə.lən/, /əˌkæn.θoʊˈsɛf.ə.lən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛfələn

Noun

acanthocephalan (plural acanthocephalans)

  1. Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]
    • 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.

Synonyms

  • (any species of Acanthocephala): spiny-headed worm, thorny-headed worm

Translations

Adjective

acanthocephalan

  1. In a manner similar to Acanthocephala. [First attested late 19th c.]

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Source: wiktionary.org