acantocéfalo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kɐ̃.toˈsɛ.fa.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kɐ̃.toˈsɛ.fa.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.kɐ̃.tuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/
- Hyphenation: a‧can‧to‧cé‧fa‧lo
Noun
acantocéfalo m (plural acantocéfalos)
- (zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)
Further reading
- “acantocéfalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “acantocéfalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /akantoˈθefalo/ [a.kãn̪.t̪oˈθe.fa.lo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /akantoˈsefalo/ [a.kãn̪.t̪oˈse.fa.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -efalo
- Syllabification: a‧can‧to‧cé‧fa‧lo
Noun
acantocéfalo m (plural acantocéfalos)
- (zoology) acanthocephalan (any of parasitic intestinal worms of the phylum Acanthocephala)
Further reading
- “acantocéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025