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aculeus

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7 lettersPronunciation /əˈkjuː.lɪ.əs/Part of speech nounSorted acelsuuStarts with AEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin aculeus.

Used in a sentence

  • Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […].

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