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ACULEUS

• ACULEUS (noun)
The noun ACULEUS has 2 senses:

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

Familiarity information: ACULEUS used as a noun is rare.

• ACULEUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A stiff sharp-pointed plant process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("aculeus" is a kind of...):

enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aculeus"):

pricker; prickle; spikelet; spine; sticker; thorn (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("aculeus" is a kind of...):

stinger (a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland)

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(English proverb)
"To be poor is not a sin, it's better to avoid it anyway"
(Breton proverb)
"Falseness lasts an hour, and truth lasts till the end of time."
(Arabic proverb)
"If a caged bird isn't singing for love, it's singing in a rage."
(Corsican proverb)

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Meaning of prickle
Meaning of pricker
Pronunciation of thorn
Meaning of spikelet
Pronunciation of stinger

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