a·cu·le·ate

(ə-kyo͞o′lē-ĭt, -āt′)

adj.

1. Zoology Having a stinger, as a bee or wasp.

2. Botany Having sharp prickles.

[Latin acūleātus, from acūleus, sting, diminutive of acus, needle; see acumen.]

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aculeate

(əˈkjuːlɪɪt; -ˌeɪt) or

aculeated

adj

1. cutting; pointed

2. (Botany) having prickles or spines, as a rose

3. (Zoology) having a sting, as bees, wasps, and ants

[C17: from Latin acūleātus; see aculeus]

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a•cu•le•ate

(əˈkyu li ɪt, -ˌeɪt)

also a•cu′le•at`ed,

adj.

having a slender ovipositor or sting, as the hymenopterous insects.

[1595–1605; < Latin acūleātus <acūle(us) sting, barb (acu(s) needle)]

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The one, of extreme bitterness of words, especially if they be aculeate and proper; for cummunia maledicta are nothing so much; and again, that in anger a man reveal no secrets; for that, makes him not fit for society.

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4B) is aculeate, densely covered with microteeth all oriented at the same angle pointing basad; in E.

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