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ACULEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aculea mean?
• ACULEA (noun)
The noun ACULEA has 1 sense:
1. small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
Familiarity information: ACULEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("aculea" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
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