aculeate
adjective
acu·le·ate ə-ˈkyü-lē-ət 
: relating to or being hymenopterans (such as bees, ants, and many wasps) of a division (Aculeata) typically having the ovipositor modified into a stinger
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Published in Biological Reviews, the journal of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, the study is the most comprehensive meta-analysis of aculeate wasps to date, drawing on more than 500 scientific papers. 
Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 7 May 2021
Jen Rose Smith, CNN, 7 May 2021 Word History
Etymology
after New Latin Aculeata, division of the insect order Hymenoptera, going back to Latin, neuter plural of aculeātus "having stingers or spines, stinging," from aculeus "stinger, spine (of a fish), sharp point, barb" (from acū-, stem of acus "needle" + -leus, noun suffix, perhaps originally diminutive) + -ātus -ate entry 3
First Known Use
1826, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
aculeate
adjective
acu·le·ate ə-ˈkyü-lē-ət
: having a sting
aculeate insects
- deperdition
- deperition
- deperm
- depermed
- deperming
- deperms
- depersonalisation
- depersonalisations
- depersonalise
- depersonalised
- depersonalises
- depersonalising
- depersonalization
- depersonalizations
- depersonalize
- depersonalized
- depersonalizes
- depersonalizing
- depeter
- Depew
- dephlegmate
- dephlegmated
- dephlegmates
- dephlegmating
- dephlegmation