Definition of Aculea

1. Noun. Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.

Generic synonyms: Appendage, Outgrowth, Process

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aculea

actuosity
acture
actures
acturience
actus rei
actus reus
acuate
acuated
acuates
acuating
acuation
acuities
acuition
acuity
aculea (current term)
aculeacin A acylase
aculeate
aculeated
aculei
aculeiform
aculeolate
aculeous
aculeus
acultural
aculturally
acumen
acumens
acuminate
acuminate leaf

Literary usage of Aculea

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

1. Quellen und Untersuchungen zur lateinischen Philologie des Mittelalters edited by Ludwig Traube, Paul Joachim Georg Lehmann (1906)
"564,8) geben aculea mit clavis, stimulus wieder. Der Sinn des Ganzen ist etwa: gierig, wie der Köder die Speise aufspießt, ist das Wort des Gewalttätigen, ..."

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