ACANTHOCEPHALAN Antonyms

• relating to or belonging to or characteristic of any worms of the phylum Annelida

• worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally

• ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates

• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

• parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body

• a stroke of luck

• a barb on a harpoon or arrow

• flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor

• either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean

• parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• draw blood

• invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

• unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

• minute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton

• infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches

• unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

• ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates

• parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

• soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract

• any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines

• any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms