HyperDic: aculeate

English > 1 sense of the word aculeate:
ADJECTIVEpertaculeate, aculeatedhaving or resembling a stinger or barb
English > aculeate: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
MeaningHaving or resembling a stinger or barb.
Example"aculeate insects such as bees and wasps"
Synonymaculeated
Spanishaculeado
Nounsaculeusa sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

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