acanthosoma

English

Etymology

From acantho- (“spiny”) +‎ -soma (“one having such a body”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˌkæn.θəˈsoʊ.mə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

acanthosoma (plural acanthosomas or acanthosomata)

  1. (zoology) A penaeid larva.

References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
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