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Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-kyoo-lee-it, -eyt or uh-kyoo-lee-ey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkyu li ɪt, -ˌeɪt or əˈkyu liˌeɪ tɪd



Definition of aculeate

  • As in stinging : adj painful
Example sentences :
  • The aculeate wasps of New Caledonia, with natural history notes.
  • Extract from : « The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches » by Louis M. Roth
  • This is also the case in the Aculeate Hymenoptera when the reproductive organs have been 735 destroyed by the parasite Stylops.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 » by Various
  • May be regarded as an aculeate variety of Archidiscus polythalamus.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • This has been found to be the case in insects so widely different as Orthoptera and Aculeate Hymenoptera.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 » by Various

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