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A slender, needlelike part or structure, such as the spines or bristles of some plants and animals and the crystals of certain minerals.
[Latin, hairpin, diminutive of acus, needle.]
aciculate a·cic'u·late (-lĭt, -lāt') or a·cic'u·lat'ed (-lā'tĭd) adj.
noun
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a needle-like part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
This article is about a bristle-worm anatomical feature. For the snail of Aciculidae family, see Acicula (genus)
Acicula are the chitinous support rods within parapodia found in the class Polychaeta.
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