acanthocephala

Questions about acanthocephala

What does acanthocephala mean?

acanthocephala means "phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms".

How many syllables are in acanthocephala?

acanthocephala has 6 syllables and divides as a-can-tho-ce-pha-la under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for acanthocephala?

Close synonyms include phylum Acanthocephala. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acanthocephala a common word?

acanthocephala is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.