aciculum: Meaning and Definition of

a•cic•u•lum

Pronunciation: (u-sik'yu-lum), [key]
— pl. -lums, -la
  1. an acicula.
  2. one of the slender, sharp stylets embedded in the parapodia of certain annelid worms, as the polychaetes.
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