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aculeate
[ uh-kyoo-lee-it, -eyt ]
adjective
- Biology. having or being any sharp-pointed structure.
- having a slender ovipositor or sting, as the hymenopterous insects.
- pointed; stinging.
aculeate
/ əˈkjuËlɪɪt; -ËŒeɪt /
adjective
- cutting; pointed
- having prickles or spines, as a rose
- having a sting, as bees, wasps, and ants
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²¹Â·³¦³Ü·±ô±ð·²¹³Ù±ð adjective
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·²¹Â·³¦³Ü·±ô±ð·²¹³Ù·±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of aculeate1
C17: from Latin ²¹³¦Å«±ô±ðÄå³Ù³Ü²õ; see aculeus
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Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.
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For none, however socially or financially powerful, was safe from the stab of that aculeate pen, the venom of whose ink is to gleam vividly from the pages of literature for centuries yet to come.
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Some fossors are subject to the depredations of cuckoos, just as the solitary bees are, but their cuckoos are rarely of aculeate origin.
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