aciculum
noun
acic·u·lum
ə-ˈsi-kyə-ləm
plural acicula
ə-ˈsi-kyə-lə
or aciculums : a needlelike spine or bristle of an animal or plant : acicula
specifically : one of the stiff setae in the base of a parapodium of an annelid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, alteration of Late Latin acicula small pin for a headdress
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
- centralizations
- centralize
- centralized
- centralizer
- centralizers
- centralizes
- centralizing
- centrallasite
- centrallier
- centralliest
- centrally
- centralness
- centrals
- centranth
- centranthi
- centranthuses
- centranthusses
- centrarchid
- Centrarchidae
- centrarchidaes
- centrarchides
- centrarchids
- centrarchoid
- centration
- Centraxonia