Crossword-Solution: ACULEUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aculeus | n. | A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses. |
| Aculeus | n. | A sting. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “ACULEUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sting, to a zoologist | 1 answer |
| A SHARP-POINTED PROCESS ESPECIALLY A STING OF A HYMENOPTEROUS INSECT | 11 answers |
| A STIFF SHARP-POINTED PLANT PROCESS | 11 answers |
| thorn | 13 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
OECRNA
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ACULEUS (4)
Hic aculeus cum inhaereret animo meo rudi talium dicterioram, simulatque me Lutetiam 40 receperam, inde petiturus Italiam, librum Badio tradidi formulis excudendum, adiecta Iphigenia Aulidensi, quam fusius ac liberius verteram agens in Anglia; et cum unam duntaxat obtulissem Praesuli, utramque dicavi eidem.
Aculeus -ei: a prickle; a small sharp point; specifically, an ovipositor, especially when sting-like, as in Hymenoptera; in male Tipulidae a slender, horny, often curved and pointed piece, projected when the forceps is open.
Many sorts of flat fishes[76] The pastinaca oxyrinchus with a long & strong aculeus in the tayle conceuud of speciall venome & virtues.
The pastinaca oxyrinchus with a long and strong aculeus in the tayle conceued of speciall venome and virtues.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1984).