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acicula
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[], (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
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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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