ACULEATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Having or resembling a stinger or barb

Example:

aculeate insects such as bees and wasps

Synonyms:

aculeate; aculeated

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

aculeus (a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect)

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