aculeate

aculeate has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
• a.. Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
• a.. Severe or stinging; incisive.
• a.. having or resembling a stinger or barb; "aculeate insects such as bees and wasps"