Definition of Aculeate

1. Adjective. Having or resembling a stinger or barb. "Aculeate insects such as bees and wasps"

Exact synonyms: Aculeated
Partainyms: Aculeus, Aculeus

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. Prickly ash, any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines. (05 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aculeate

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

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