aciculum

aciculum
/euh sik"yeuh leuhm/, n., pl. aciculums, acicula /-leuh/.
1. an acicula.
2. Zool. one of the slender, sharp stylets embedded in the parapodia of certain annelid worms, as the polychaetes.
[alter. of ACICULA]

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