English Explanatory Dictionary

aculeate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
  2. Having prickles or sharp points.
  3. Having a stinger; stinging.
noun
  1. Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.

Word forms

aculeate more aculeate most aculeate aculeates

Etymology

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

Derived words

aculeately nonaculeate
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