"acanthella" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æ.kænˈθɜ.lə/ [US], /æ.kənˈθɜ.lə/ [US] Forms: acanthellas [plural], acanthellae [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: From acanth- (“spike”) + -ella (“little one belonging to”). The first half is taken from Acanthocephala. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|acanth|ella|gloss1=spike|gloss2=little one belonging to}} acanth- (“spike”) + -ella (“little one belonging to”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|acanthellae}} acanthella (plural acanthellas or acanthellae)
  1. A pre-infective larva stage of a species of phylum Acanthocephala of worms, formed within the arthropod host. Categories (lifeform): Worms Synonyms (pre-infective form): preacanthella Translations (larva stage of Acanthocephala): acantela [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-acanthella-en-noun-4atnTBlt Disambiguation of Worms: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with acanth-, English terms suffixed with -ella Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with acanth-: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ella: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'pre-infective form': 62 38 Disambiguation of 'larva stage of Acanthocephala': 98 2
  2. (biology) The juvenile infective form of an acanthocephalan. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-acanthella-en-noun-2~VF0VtI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: biology, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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