Aculéate

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• aculéate — ● aculéate nom masculin (latin aculeus, aiguillon) Hyménoptère apocrite dont la femelle a un aiguillon abdominal venimeux, tel que l abeille, la guêpe, le bourdon, la fourmi. (Les aculéates forment un sous ordre.) ● aculéate (synonymes) nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Aculeate — A*cu le*ate, a. [L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. [1913 Webster] 3. Severe… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• aculeate — ACULEÁTE s.f.pl. (zool.) Subordin de insecte himenoptere prevăzute cu un ac, având ca tip albina; (la sg.) insectă din acest subordin. [sg. aculeată. / pron. le a . / < fr. aculéates, cf. lat. aculeus – ac]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007 …   Dicționar Român

• aculeate — [ə kyo͞o′lē it, ə kyo͞o′lēāt΄] adj. [L aculeatus] having an aculeus or aculei …   English World dictionary

• aculeate — Pointed; covered with sharp spines. [L. aculeatus, pointed, fr. acus, needle] * * * acu·le·ate ə kyü lē ət adj having a sting <aculeate insects> * * * acu·le·ate (ə kuґle āt) [L. aculeatus thorny] covered with sharp points;… …   Medical dictionary

• aculeate triggerfish — šviesioji raguotė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Rhinecanthus aculeatus angl. aculeate triggerfish; black barred triggerfish; white barred triggerfish rus. колючий ринекант ryšiai: platesnis terminas …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

• aculeate — adjective Etymology: Latin aculeatus having stings, from aculeus sting, from acus Date: 1875 relating to or being hymenopterans (as bees, ants, and many wasps) of a division (Aculeata) typically having the ovipositor modified into a stinger …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aculeate — bearing a sharp point …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• aculeate — adj. [L. dim. acus, needle] 1. Pertaining to being armed with a sting or short, sharp points. 2. Furnished with aculeae …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• aculeate — /euh kyooh lee it, ayt /, adj. 1. Biol. having or being any sharp pointed structure. 2. having a slender ovipositor or sting, as the hymenopterous insects. 3. pointed; stinging. Also, aculeated. [1595 1605; < L aculeatus. See ACULEUS, ATE1] * * * …   Universalium