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Having a head armed with thorns or spines.

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  1. a. Having a head armed with thorns or spines.
  2. Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm (Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called also thornhead.
  3. Having a head armed with thorns or spines. Thorn-headed worm(Zoöl.), any worm of the order Acanthocephala; -- called alsothornhead.