Ac"an*tha"ceous (&?;), a. 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant.
2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type.
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A*can"thine (&?;), a. [L. acanthinus, Gr. &?;, thorny, fr. &?;. See Acanthus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus.
A*can`tho*car"pous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; thorn + &?; fruit.] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines.
||A*can`tho*ceph"a*la (&?;), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; a spine, thorn + &?; head.] (Zoöl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.
A*can`tho*ceph"a*lous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
Ac`an*thoph"o*rous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; spine + &?; to bear.] Spine-bearing. Gray.
A*can`tho*po"di*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; thorn + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Bot.) Having spinous petioles.
||Ac`an*thop"ter*i (&?;), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; thorn + &?; wing, fin.] (Zoöl.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
Ac`an*thop"ter*ous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; spine + &?; wing.] 1. (Zoöl.) Spiny- winged.