acanthocephala

English Thesaurus

1. phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	phylum,
definition	:	(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes (noun.group)

member holonym	:	acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm,
definition	:	any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia,
definition	:	taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals (noun.animal)