a·cu·le·ate

(ă-kyū'lē-āt),

Pointed; covered with sharp spines.

[L. aculeatus, pointed, fr. acus, needle]

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aculeate

(ə-kyo͞o′lē-ĭt, -āt′)

adj.

1. Zoology Having a stinger, as a bee or wasp.

2. Botany Having sharp prickles.

a·cu·le·ate

(ă-kyū'lē-āt)

Pointed; covered with sharp spines.

[L. aculeatus, pointed, fr. acus, needle]

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a·cu·le·ate

(ă-kyū'lē-āt)

Pointed; covered with sharp spines.

[L. aculeatus, pointed, fr. acus, needle]

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References in periodicals archive

Linsley EG (1962) Sleeping aggregations of aculeate Hymenoptera -II.

Sleeping aggregations of bees in relation to the risk of fire at their roosting sites in a forested, suburban landscape in eastern Australia

aculeate pulp were extracted with cold acetone, 4 to 5 times, until complete residue lack of color.

Carotenoids profile and total polyphenols in fruits of Pereskia Aculeata Miller/Perfil de carotenoides e fenolicos totais em frutos de Pereskia Aculeata Miller

One of the interesting features of stylopization (infestation of a host by a strepsipteran) in aculeate Hymenoptera is the tendency of host by a strepsipteran) in aculeate Hymenoptera is the tendency of parasitized adults to be "intersexes" with a mix of male and female characters (Salt 1927).

Melittostylops (strepsiptera: stylopidae): a genus of twisted wing insects new to Texas with notes on stylopization of its host

A comparison of nesting success and nesting habits in some Afrotropical aculeate wasps, with particular reference to nest parasites.

Nesting biology of four species of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Chaco Serrano woodland, Central Argentina

[11] Mathur, J., and Mukunthakumar, S., 1992, "Micropropagation of Bauhinia variegata and Parkinsonia aculeate from nodal explants of mature trees," Plant Cell, Tiss.

High frequency shoot multiplication and callus regeneration of turmeric

1753 1 augustum Rudge 1805 2 Polygalaceae Moutabea aculeate (Ruiz & Pav.) Poepp.

Diversidad y abundancia de plantas con flores y frutos entre octubre 2001 y septiembre 2002 en la Reserva Paucarillo, en el noroeste de la Amazonia Peruana

This community is dominated by Echinops husoni and accompanied with Basia eriophora, Crotalaria aculeate, Alhagi maurorum and Zilla spinosa.

Ecological study at Wadi Al-Ammaria in El-Riyadh City--Saudi Arabia

A summer green manure crop of dhaincha [Sesbania aculeate (Willd.

Planting systems on lodging behavior, yield components, and yield of irrigated spring bread wheat

Metamorphosis in type I developers has been studied in the past by MacBride (1907) on Ophiothrix fragilis, Narasimhamurti (1933) on Ophiocoma nigra, Olsen (1942) on Ophiopholis aculeate, and Tominaga et al.

Larval morphometrics and influence of adults on settlement in the gregarious ophiuroid Ophiothrix fragilis (Echinodermata)

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Vegetation of the Saladillo area (province of Santa Fe) in the south of the Chaco, Argentina