Definitions for acicula

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acicula a·cic·u·la

Spelling: [uh-sik-yuh-luh]

IPA: /əˈsɪk yə lə/

Acicula is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in acicula (aaccilu).

Definitions for acicula

noun

1. a needlelike part; spine, bristle, or needlelike crystal.
2. a plural of aciculum.
3. an acicula.
4. Zoology. one of the slender, sharp stylets embedded in the parapodia of certain annelid worms, as the polychaetes.

Origin of acicula

1875-80; New Latin, Late Latin, alteration of acucula ornamental pin, equivalent to Latin acu-, stem of acus needle (cf. acute) + -cula -cule

Examples for acicula

The banks of Aripo are not the only localities, nor is the acicula the only mollusc, by which pearls are furnished.

acicula lineata is a very small shell, the size of the Pupæ; mainly northern in distribution.