aculeate

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adjective

Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.

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aculeated
OriginLatin aculeātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveaculeate (comparative more aculeate, superlative most aculeate)

comparative more aculeate · superlative most aculeate

  1. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
  2. Having prickles or sharp points.
  3. biologyHaving a stinger; stinging.
nounaculeate (plural aculeates)

plural aculeates

  1. Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or resembling a stinger or barb

Similar
aculeated
Also see
aculeated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinaculeātus
  2. Englishaculeate

From Latin aculeātus, from acus (“needle”).

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Translations

Czech špičatý, ostnitý
  • špičatýhaving prickles or sharp points
  • ostnitýhaving prickles or sharp points
  • pichlavýhaving prickles or sharp points
Portuguese aculeado
  • aculeadohaving prickles or sharp points
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Chicago

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