Acicula

What do we mean by acicula?

A slender, needlelike part or structure, such as a spine or bristle of certain plants and animals or a crystal of certain minerals. noun

In botany: The bristle-like prolongation of the rachilla of a grass-spike. noun

A tooth-like process in the hymenium of certain fungi. noun

Plural of aciculum. noun

A needle, pin, or bodkin, of wood or bone, used by Roman women as a hair-pin. It was not smaller than an acus (which see), but of inferior material. noun

A spine or prickle of an animal or plant. Also called acicle. noun

A name applied to several genera of gastropods, and retained for the representative genus of the family Aciculidæ, inhabiting Europe. A. fusca is the best-known form. noun

A genus of worms. noun

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. noun

One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal. noun

A needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to acicula:
acicula, avicula, acidula.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word acicula:
pharynx, acuminate, operculum, snail, linnaeus, gastropod, mollusk, tooth, solitary, terrestrial, spans, bent, slender, segments, spanning, species, approximately, small, land, family, very, long.

Adjectives that are often used to describe acicula:
single, yellow, dorsal, large, internal, creseis, embedded, coleolus.

Consonant match to acicula:
aciculae.

Words that sound like acicula:
acicular, aciculate, ossiculum, auricula, acequia, escuela, avicular, icicle, icicles, curricula, macula, osculum, ligula, temecula, acerola, acellular, acidulous, muscular, gesticulate, ethically, upcycle, unequally, muscule, ossicle, ossicles, isicle, sequela, musculus, specula, vesicular, gesticular, escala, escola, reticula, fecula, tusculum.