Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects.
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- noun small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
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Examples
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D. (aculeata) elongatio trunci volubihs aculea - ta, frondibus supradecompositis palmato-pin - natiiidis, pinnis palmatis alternis patentibus, segmentis linearibus apice bilidis, perisporan - giis ovatis terminalibus.
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Trichomanes {aculeatum) fronde supradecom - posita scandente ramosissima, foliolis palma - tis, laciniis linearibus obtusis, stipite aculea - to.
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