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Definition of Aculeate
1. Adjective. Having or resembling a stinger or barb. "Aculeate insects such as bees and wasps"
Definition of Aculeate
1. a. Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
Definition of Aculeate
1. Adjective. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle. ¹
2. Adjective. Having prickles or sharp points. ¹
3. Adjective. (entomology) Having a stinger; stinging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aculeate
1. having a sting [adj]
Medical Definition of Aculeate
1.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aculeate
Literary usage of Aculeate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Cameron, Г. Description of a new genus and fire new species of aculeate Hymenoptera
from the Santa Fe mountains. Philadelphia, Pa., Acad. Nat. ..."
2. Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an by Herbert Christopher Robinson, Nelson Annandale (1903)
"... aculeate Hymenoptera, in which one hundred and seventy-four species are
recorded, it has seemed best to publish Colonel BINGHAM'S new diagnoses in an ..."
3. Spolia Zeylanica by Colombo Museum, National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"Some rare aculeate Hymenoptera in Ceylon.—Whilst looking over some recent captures
in the Colombo Museum, I was interested to find a fine specimen of ..."
4. Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum by Frederick Smith (1855)
"... how little, in fact, is at present known of the complete history of the aculeate
Hymenoptera ' for, to use the words of Kirby, " So much knowledge, ..."
5. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Mr. Willoughby Gardner, FRGS, read a paper entitled " A preliminary list of the
aculeate Hymenoptera of Lancashire and Cheshire, with notes on the habits of ..."
6. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1893)
""A Visit to the Yosemite Valley and Yellowstone Park." By P. Campbell. 2. "A List
of Additional aculeate Hymenoptera collected in Perthshire during 1888. ..."
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