aculeate /ə-kūˈli-āt or -ət/

1. (also acūˈleated) pointed
2. Prickly
3. Having a sting
4. Stinging

A stinging insect

acuˈleus noun

1. A thorn or prickle (botany)
2. A sting (zoology)
3. An ovipositor (zoology)

• metabonomic
• metabonomics
• metabotropic
• metacarpal
• metacarpi
• metacarpus
• metacentre
• metacentres
• metacentric
• metachromatic
• metachromatism
• metachronism
• metachronisms
• metachroses
• metachrosis
• midwife
• midwifed
• midwiferies
• midwifery
• midwifes
• midwife toad
• midwife toads
• midwifing
• mid-winter
• midwive