aculeus

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aculeus [əˈkjuːlɪəs]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a prickle or spine, such as the thorn of a rose

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a sting or ovipositor

[from Latin, diminutive of acus needle]

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Noun	1.	aculeus - a stiff sharp-pointed plant process plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn, spine - a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
	2.	aculeus - a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect stinger - a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland

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