ACULEUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aculeus mean? 

• 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.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACULEUS (noun)

Sense 1

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

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)