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aculeate

[ uh-kyoo-lee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

  1. Biology. having or being any sharp-pointed structure.
  2. having a slender ovipositor or sting, as the hymenopterous insects.
  3. pointed; stinging.


aculeate

/ əˈkjuËlɪɪt; -ËŒeɪt /

adjective

  1. cutting; pointed
  2. having prickles or spines, as a rose
  3. having a sting, as bees, wasps, and ants
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

Origin of aculeate1

From the Latin word ²¹³¦Å«±ô±ðÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, dating back to 1595–1605. See aculeus, -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aculeate1

C17: from Latin ²¹³¦Å«±ô±ðÄå³Ù³Ü²õ; see aculeus
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Example Sentences

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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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