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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACULEATE

From Latin acūleātus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ACULEATE

aculeate  [əˈkjuːlɪɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACULEATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Aculeate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ACULEATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

aculeate

Aculeata

The name Aculeata is used to refer to a monophyletic lineage of Hymenoptera. The word "Aculeata" is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into a stinger. In other words, the structure that was originally used to lay eggs is modified instead to deliver venom. Not all members of the group can sting; a great many cannot, either because the ovipositor is modified in a different manner, or because it is lost altogether. This group includes the bees and ants and all of the eusocial Hymenopterans. It is commonly believed that the possession of a venomous sting was one of the important features promoting the evolution of social behavior, as it confers a level of anti-predator defense rarely approached by other invertebrates.

Definition of aculeate in the English dictionary

The first definition of aculeate in the dictionary is cutting; pointed. Other definition of aculeate is having prickles or spines, as a rose. Aculeate is also having a sting, as bees, wasps, and ants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACULEATE


anucleate
eɪˈnjuːklɪɪt
ciliate
ˈsɪlɪɪt
foliate
ˈfəʊlɪɪt
mononucleate
ˌmɒnəʊˈnjʊklɪɪt
multifoliate
ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊlɪɪt
multinucleate
ˌmʌltɪˈnjuːklɪɪt
nucleate
ˈnjuːklɪɪt
perfoliate
pəˈfəʊlɪɪt
pileate
ˈpaɪlɪɪt
polynucleate
ˌpɒlɪˈnjuːklɪɪt
quadrifoliate
ˌkwɒdrɪˈfəʊlɪɪt
quinquefoliate
ˌkwɪŋkwɪˈfəʊlɪɪt
sinupalliate
ˌsaɪnjʊˈpælɪɪt
trifoliate
traɪˈfəʊlɪɪt
unifoliate
ˌjuːnɪˈfəʊlɪɪt
uninucleate
ˌjuːnɪˈnjuːklɪɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACULEATE

acuate
acuity
aculeated
aculeus
acumen
acuminate
acumination
acuminous
acupoint
acupressure
acupressure point
acupunctural
acupuncture
acupuncture needle
acupuncturist
acushla
acutance
acute
acute accent
acute angle

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACULEATE

baccalaureate
binucleate
chalybeate
cochleate
cocreate
create
delineate
enucleate
galeate
ideate
laureate
linoleate
maleate
malleate
oleate
paleate
permeate
re-create
reate
recreate

Synonyms and antonyms of aculeate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «aculeate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACULEATE

Find out the translation of aculeate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of aculeate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «aculeate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有刺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aculeados
570 millions of speakers

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aculeate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

aculeate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شائك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

aculeate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aculeada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

aculeate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aculée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aculeate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gespitzten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

aculeate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

aculeate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aculeate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

aculeate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

aculeate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकसारखे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sivri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Aculeati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aculeate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

aculeate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aculeate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

aculeate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aculeate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

aculeate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

aculeate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of aculeate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACULEATE»

The term «aculeate» is normally little used and occupies the 141.799 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACULEATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «aculeate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «aculeate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about aculeate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACULEATE»

Discover the use of aculeate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to aculeate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Solitary Wasps: Behavior and Natural History
... earlier in the fall (Yamada 1987^. Biological Control of Pests Using Aculeate Wasp Parasitoids Two forms of biological control based on release of parasitoid and predatory insects have been used to control pest populations (Pedigo 1996)  ...
Kevin M. O'Neill, 2001
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Congressional Edition
Crenella viator D'Orb., Guppy, Paria Fauna, 1877. 154. Crepidula {see Crypta, Iauacus). Crepidula aculeate Chem., Arango, Fauna Mai. Cuba, 1878. 226. Ca. Ba. Crepidula aculeate Chem., Jahrb., ii, 245. Crepidula aculeate Chem., Krebs.
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Biosystematic Monograph of the Genus Cucumis ...
Leaves: Petioles 0.4-1.2 cm long; not aculeate; pubescence a single type on each petiole; scabrous; with nonbreakaway hairs. Leaf blades trilobate; with the margin serrate; ovate to triangular in outline; truncate or subcordate at the base; with ...
Joseph H. Kirkbride, 1993
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Final Fantasy - Final Fantasy X-2 Enemies: Aculeate, ...
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
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Agricultural botany: an enumeration and description of ...
Stem herbaceous, nearly simple ; leaves ovate, somewhat sinuate-lobed, tomentose ; peduncles solitary, thickened, nodding ; calyx aculeate fruit very large. S. insanum, L. Willi. Sp. PI. 1. p. 1037. Fl. Cestr. p. 137. Esculent Solanum. Vulgu— ...
William Darlington, 1847
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Comparative Psychology of Invertebrates: The Field and ...
The application of this argument here is not circular because the taxon Aculeate Hy- menoptera is defined on the basis of morphological characters that are not in any way tied to the character of the Exploration Flight (Brothers & Carpenter, ...
Gary Greenberg, Ethel Tobach, 2013
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Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006
They are also the earliest known fossils that can be assigned with certainly to aculeate Hymenoptera. The species, Sphecomyrma freyi, is considered to represent a new subfamily (Sphecomyrminae), more primitive than any previously known ...
Edward O. Wilson, 2006
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Flora cestrica: an attempt to enumerate and describe the ...
... aculeate, the terminal leaflet on a short petiole, lateral ones subsessile, sometimes partially lobed, and rarely divided so as to form a quinate leaf. Corymbs torminal, few- flowereil ; pedicels diverging, pubescent, aculeate, and often with 1 or ...
William Darlington, 1837
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Hymenoptera: Evolution, Biodiversity and Biological Control
INTRODUCTION. AND. SPREAD. OF. FOUR. ACULEATE. HYMENOPTERA. IN. ITALY,. SARDINIA. AND. CORSICA. Guido Pagliano1, Pierluigi Scaramozzino2'3 , Franco Strumia1 Museo di Storia Naturale-Pisa University- via Roma, ...
Andrew Austin, Mark Dowton, 2000
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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: Vegetables
They are not aculeate or rarely aculeate and variously pubescent or rarely glabrous, with non-breakaway hairs or rarely breakaway hairs. The majority of species have a uniform type of pubescence on the petioles. C. sagittatus and C.
Chittaranjan Kole, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACULEATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term aculeate is used in the context of the following news items.
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A new kind of spring planting
Palo Verde Tree (Parkinsonia aculeate): These are an unusually unique tree in appearance and function. Native to the Sonoran desert, they ... «Visalia Times-Delta, Apr 15»
2
Extinction of 23 pollinators in Britain since 1850
The research paper, entitled "Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes" is the first analysis of ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
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23 pollinating species in Britain have gone extinct over the last 150 …
... “pest” plants and insects, we could very well have been the very instruments of our inevitable demise: Aculeate insects (those that sting; e.g., ... «Inhabitat, Dec 14»
4
Guam corals listed as threatened species
The four coral species found on Guam are Acropora globiceps, Acropora retusa, Pavona diffluens and Seriatopora aculeate. Of the four found ... «Pacific Daily News, Aug 14»
5
The Swiss paper wasp, a new species of social Hymenoptera in …
Swiss scientists have discovered a new species of aculeate wasp, not hidden somewhere in a jungle on a remote continent, but in Central ... «Phys.Org, May 14»
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Trees in the landscape
Parkinsonia aculeate — Jerusalem thorn, semi evergreen small tree requires protection from wind, attractive ethereal like foliage, yellow ... «Royal Gazette, Apr 14»
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Biodiversity study finds 129 species of spider at London Heathrow
Matt Smith, an entomologist, looked at several groups of insects across the airport, principally the aculeate hymenoptera - bees, wasps and ... «Airport World Online, Oct 13»
8
Ants More Closely Related to Bees than Most Wasps
Ants, bees and stinging wasps all belong to the aculeate (stinging) Hymenoptera clade, which boasts extensive social behavior. However ... «Nature World News, Oct 13»
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Evolutionary question answered: Ants more closely related to bees …
Ants, bees and stinging wasps all belong to the aculeate (stinging) Hymenoptera clade — the insect group in which social behavior is most ... «UC Davis, Oct 13»
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How Forest Carbon Projects Protect Themselves From Political Risk
bamboo growing wild. Guada aculeate bamboo growing wild in their native habitat on EcoPlanet Bamboo's Rio Kama Plantation. November ... «Ecosystem Marketplace, Aug 13»

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