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Macracanthorhynchus

noun Mac·ra·can·tho·rhyn·chus \-ˈriŋ-kəs\

Medical Definition of MACRACANTHORHYNCHUS

:  a genus of intestinal worms of the phylum or class Acanthocephala that include the common acanthocephalan (M. hirudinaceus) of swine

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