Acalypha
— Noun
– English
~ a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
acantha
— Noun
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~ any sharply pointed projection
Acanthaceae
— Noun
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~ widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales
acanthion
— Noun
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~ the craniometric point at the anterior extremity of the intermaxillary suture
acanthisitta
— Noun
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~ a genus of Xenicidae
acanthisittidae
— Noun
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~ alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
Acanthocephala
— Noun
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~ phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
acanthocephalan
— Noun
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~ any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines
Acanthocereus
— Noun
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~ mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region