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Webster 1913 Edition

Aculeate

A-cu′le-ate

,
Adj.
[L.
aculeatus
, fr.
aculeus
, dim. of
acus
needle.]
1.
(Zool.)
Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
2.
(Bot.)
Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
3.
Severe or stinging; incisive.
[R.]
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aculeate

ACU'LEATE

,
Adj.
[L. aculeus, from acus, Gr. a point, and the diminutive. See Acid.]
1.
In botany, having prickles, or sharp points; pointed; used chiefly to denote prickles fixed in the bark, in distinction from thorns, which grow from the wood.
2.
In zoology, having a sting.

Definition 2024

aculeate

aculeate

See also: aculéate

English

Adjective

aculeate ‎(comparative more aculeate, superlative most aculeate)

  1. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
  2. Having prickles or sharp points.
  3. (entomology) Having a stinger; stinging.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

aculeate

  1. feminine plural of aculeato

Latin

Adjective

acūleāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of acūleātus

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