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Word: Aciculate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in William Macgillivray (1796–1852), ornithologist and natural historian. From acicula + -ate, originally after French aciculé
Definition:
Needle-shaped, acicular. Also: (a) covered with or bearing aciculae; (b) marked as if scratched with a needle (rare).
