aculeus
/uh-kyoo-lee-uhs/US // əˈkyu li əs //UK // (əˈkjuːlɪəs) //
穴居士,穴居人,穴居,穴位
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural a·cu·le·i [uh-kyoo-lee-ahy]. /əˈkyu liˌaɪ/.
- : Also acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- : prickle.
Examples
The pastinaca oxyrinchus with a long and strong aculeus in the tayle conceued of speciall venome and virtues.
Lister refers to a specimen in 1686 as "Piscis triangularis capiti cornutu cui e media cauda cutanea aculeus longus erigitus."
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