aculeate

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Stipites: the outer pair of forceps in male genitalia of aculeate Hymenoptera see sagittae.

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

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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

Ovicells aculeate, with strong widely set spines, pyriform depressed.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

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.