acantho-
/əˈkanθəʊ/(also acanth- before a vowel)
combiningForm
Having thorn-like characteristics: Acanthocephala acanthamoeba
Origin
From Greek akantha 'thorn'.
- short order
- Short Parliament
- short-pitched
- short-range
- short rib
- short-run
- shorts
- short score
- short, sharp shock
- short-sheet
- short shrift
- short sight
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-sleeved
- short-staffed
- short-stay
- shortstop
- short story
- short subject
- short suit
- short-tailed vole
- short temper
- short-tempered