Aculea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Aculea \A*cu"le*a\, n. [L. aculeus, dim. of acus needle.]
     A small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  aculea
       n : small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects