Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: aculeus  u'kyoo-lee-us
  1. A stiff sharp-pointed plant process
     
  2. A sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect

See also: aculeated

Type of: enation, plant process, stinger

Encyclopedia: Aculeus

Nearest

actuating
actuation
actuator
actus reus
acuate
acuity
Acular
aculea
aculeate
aculeated
aculeus
acumen
acuminate
acuminate leaf
acupressure
acupuncture
acupuncturist
acute
acute accent
acute angle
acute anterior poliomyelitis