aciculiform (asikuliform)

[L. acicula, needle, + -form is, acidify bedded in the parapodia of some annelids, as the Poly chat a. The no to podial and the neuropodial divisions of the parapodia each carry one of these acicula. aciculus (a-sik'ū-lus), n.; pl. aciculi (-li). [NL., a masc. form of acicula, q. v.] In bot., a strong bristle.