Definition of Aciculum

1. a bristlelike part [n -LA or -LUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aciculum

achylia pancreatica
achylic
achylous
achymous
acibenzolar
aciclovir
acicula
aciculae
acicular
acicularly
aciculas
aciculate
aciculated
aciculiform
aciculite
aciculum (current term)
aciculums
acid
acid-ash diet
acid-base balance
acid-base equilibrium
acid-base imbalance
acid-base indicator
acid-base indicators
acid-citrate-dextrose
acid-etched restoration
acid-fast
acid-fast stain
acid-forming
acid-free

Literary usage of Aciculum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"This aciculum extends into the interior of the body much farther than do the locomotor chaetae, and it is to it that the muscles serving to move the whole ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1903)
"aciculum, J. Hall. (Plate XXXI., Fig. 7). ... tend to confirm its identification with 0. aciculum, which was described from the N. American Devonian ..."

3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"... aciculum is certainly that, and I am inclined to think that when Professor Hall described C. ... aciculum Hall Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 9; Plate XLII, Fig. ..."

4. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"... Orthoceras aciculum Hall. Geology of New York; report on the 4th district. 1843. ... aciculum Hall. Paleontology of New York. 1879. v. 5, pt 2, pi. ..."

5. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"... carry each a single, sharp, style-like aciculum, the greater part of the length of which is imbedded in the ..."

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