aculeate

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See also: aculéate

English

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Adjective

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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.

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Noun

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aculeate (plural aculeates)

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

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Italian

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Adjective

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aculeate

  1. feminine plural of aculeato

Latin

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Adjective

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acūleāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of acūleātus

References

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  • aculeate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • aculeate in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016