1. She fed parasitically on the peoples of the earth to keep herself in “shameless luxury.”

2. Acanthocephalan [ ə-kăn′thə-sĕf ′ə-lən ] Any of various, mostly small worms of the phylum Acanthocephala that live parasitically in arthropods as juveniles and in the intestines of vertebrates (especially fish) as adults.