hexacanth
adjective
hex·a·canth
ˈheksəˌkan(t)th
variants or hexacanthous
¦⸗⸗¦kan(t)thəs
zoology
: having six hooks
specifically : constituting the onchosphere of a tapeworm
Word History
Etymology
New Latin hexacanthus, from hexa- + -acanthus (from Greek akantha thorn)
- mithracins
- Mithradates VI Eupator
- mithradatic
- mithraea
- Mithraeum
- mithraeums
- Mithraic
- mithraiccer
- mithraiccest
- mithraicer
- mithraicest
- mithraicisms
- mithraism
- mithraisms
- mithraist
- mithraists
- mithramycins
- mithras
- mithridate
- mithridate mustard
- mithridates
- mithridateses
- mithridatesses
- mithridatic
- mithridatise