English Explanatory Dictionary

cystacanth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The final larval stage of an acanthocephalan, infective to the definitive host.

Word forms

cystacanth cystacanths

Etymology

From cyst + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”).

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