#antofor

• Acanthophorous — A scholarly morphological term used as an adjective to describe an organism, organ, or anatomical structure equipped with spine-bearing elements, thorns, or sharp rigid protrusions. As a masculine noun, it defines a skeletal part, an appendage, or a specialized cuticular zone that supports or bears a defensive spine (frequently encountered in the exoskeleton structure of some marine crustaceans, bryozoans, or fossil fishes from the Paleozoic era).
• Anthophore — In botany, an internal structural extension of the floral axis (an elongated internode situated between the calyx and corolla) supporting the corolla, stamens, and pistil above the calyx (characteristic of certain Caryophyllaceae plants); in zoology, it refers to the bee genus Anthophora (anthophoras), large-sized solitary pollinating insects with a fuzzy abdomen, structurally adapted for harvesting nectar.