acicula

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A slender spine, prickle, or other needle-like structure; (in polychaete annelids) a chitinous rod forming an internal support for a parapodium.


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Origin:
late 18th century. From post-classical Latin acicula, literally ‘small pin’, alteration or variant of acucula from classical Latin acus needle (from a variant (u-stem) of the same Indo-European base as classical Latin aciēs) + -cula




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