aciculum

American

[uh-sik-yuh-luhm] / əˈsɪk jə ləm /

noun

an acicula.
Zoology. one of the slender, sharp stylets embedded in the parapodia of certain annelid worms, as the polychaetes.

aciculum British

/ əˈsɪkjʊləm /

noun

a needle-like bristle that provides internal support for the appendages (chaetae) of some polychaete worms

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

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Sir James Emerson Tennent

Mycena acicula differs in yellow gills and rooting stem.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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