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Definition of Aculeus

1. Noun. A stiff sharp-pointed plant process.

2. Noun. A sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect.

Definition of Aculeus

1. n. A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.

Definition of Aculeus

1. Noun. A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. ¹

2. Noun. A sting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aculeus

1. a sharp-pointed part [n -LEI]

Medical Definition of Aculeus

1. A prickle growing from bark. (15 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aculeus

acuates acuating acuation acuities acuition acuity aculea aculeacin A acylase aculeate aculeated

aculei aculeiform aculeolate aculeous aculeus (current term) acultural aculturally acumen acumens acuminate

acuminate leaf acuminate papular syphilid acuminated acuminates acuminating acumination acuminations acuminite acuminites

Literary usage of Aculeus

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

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1885)
"Base and apex of hind tibiae dark. * aculeus about half of abdomen. f aculeus strongly curved upwards ; marks on hind tibiae faint (male and female). ..."

2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1894)
"Middle segments of abdomen decidedly transverse; aculeus as long as the abdomen. ... more or less, fuscous; aculeus about as long as the body. 60. (01. ..."

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