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Aculeus

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Word	Definition
aciclenoun	Synonym of acicula.
acumennoun	Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
aciculanoun	One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
aciculumnoun	(botany, zoology) A needlelike spine or bristle, specially the seta of an annelid
acrophorenoun	(botany) A stem or stalk that is apical.
apiculumnoun	(botany) A short, slender, flexible point
thornnoun	(botany) A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
spiculenoun	(biology) Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges.
spicanoun	(botany) A spike (kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis).
bractnoun	(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.
calcarnoun	(botany, anatomy) A spur-like projection.
spiculanoun	A little spike; a spikelet or spiculum.
cramponnoun	An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
spikenoun	A sort of very large nail.
acrospirenoun	(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
bracteanoun	Alternative form of bract. [(botany) A leaf or leaf-like structure from the axil out of which a stalk of a flower or an inflorescence arises.]
claspernoun	(zoology) Any of several appendages, in insects, crustacea and fish, that are used to clasp the female during copulation.
acanthostylenoun	(zoology) A spicule with tiny spines from monaxon sponges.
bulbilnoun	(botany) A bulb-shaped bud in the place of a flower or in a leaf axil.
pricklenoun	A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.