Aciculate

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Needle-shaped; acicular; aciculiform.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Furnished with aciculæ.
  • adjective. Acicular.
  • adjective. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Furnished with aciculae.
  • adjective. acicular
  • adjective. Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
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  • adjective. related to plants or animals or crystals having aciculae or needlelike parts
  • Word Usage
    "Abdomen aciculate as in the worker, but much more deeply strangulated between the first and second segments; the petiole rugose and clavate."
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    acicular