aculeate

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Hymonoptera, large size of the cerebral ganglia in; classification of; sexual differences in the wings of; aculeate, relative size of the sexes of.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

For none, however socially or financially powerful, was safe from the stab of that aculeate pen, the venom of whose ink is to gleam vividly from the pages of literature for centuries yet to come.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Sagittae: the inner pair of forceps in male genitalia of aculeate Hymenoptera: see stipites.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Some fossors are subject to the depredations of cuckoos, just as the solitary bees are, but their cuckoos are rarely of aculeate origin.

From Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging Insects by Saunders, Edward