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aculeus::noun | Spocien Dictionary

aculeus

/ə'kjuliəs/

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

Type	Words
Type of	stinger

aculeus

/ə'kjuliəs/

a stiff sharp-pointed plant process

Type	Words
Type of	plant process, enation
Has types	spikelet, spine, sticker, thorn, pricker, prickle

aculeus

The telson, in turn, consists of the vesicle, which holds a pair of venom glands, and the hypodermic aculeus, the venom-injecting barb.

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For example, Microphallus pseudopygmaeus chemically castrates its host, the snail Onoba aculeus, and causes it to grow larger than normal.

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